kismet

A wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework. More information: <https://www.kismetwireless.net/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/kismet.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install kismet
Ubuntu
apt-get install kismet
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S kismet
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install kismet
Fedora
dnf install kismet
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kismet
Raspbian
apt-get install kismet
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/kismet

A wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework. More information: <https://www.kismetwireless.net/>.

  • Capture packets from a specific wireless interface:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0
  • Monitor multiple channels on a wireless interface:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0,wlan1 -m
  • Capture packets and save them to a specific directory:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0 -d path/to/output
  • Start Kismet with a specific configuration file:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0 -f path/to/config.conf
  • Monitor and log data to an SQLite database:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0 --log-to-db
  • Monitor using a specific data source:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0 --data-source=rtl433
  • Enable alerts for specific events:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0 --enable-alert=new_ap
  • Display detailed information about a specific AP's packets:
    sudo kismet -c wlan0 --info BSSID

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