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4 kismet — Wireless sniffing and monitoring
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7 kismet [server-options] [--] [client-options]
8 kismet_server [-nqs] [-t title] [-f config-file] [-c capture-source]
10 [-C enable-capture-sources] [-l log-types] [-d dump-type]
11 [-m max-packets-per-file] [-g gpshost:port] [-p listen-port]
12 [-a allowed-hosts] [-N server-name]
13 kismet_client [-qr] [-f config-file] [-s serverhost:port] [-g gui-type]
15 [-c display-columns]
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18 Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intru‐
19 sion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which
20 supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and
21 802.11g traffic.
22 Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting
24 standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden
25 networks, and inferring the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data
26 traffic.
27 kismet supports logging to the wtapfile packet format (readable by tcp‐
28 dump and ethereal) and saves detected network informat as plaintext, CSV,
29 and XML. kismet is capable of using any GPS supported by gpsd and logs
30 and plots network data.
31 kismet is divided into three basic programs, kismet_server kismet_client
33 and gpsmap
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36 kismet handles automatically starting kismet_server and kismet_client.
37 kismet is installed as suid-root by default. It will drop privs to the
38 user specified in kismet.conf immediately after binding and configuring
39 the capture source.
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43 kismet_server captures, dissects, and logs packets and GPS data. It is
44 capable of running in `headless' mode with no display. Multiple clients
45 (on multiple computers) can be connected to a single server.
46 -I Set the initial channel for a channel source (source:channel)
48 -x Forcibly enable the channel hopper
50 -X Forcibly disable the channel hopper
52 -t Set the title used for the %t field of the logfile template
54 (Default: Kismet)
55 -n Disable all logging
57 -f Use an alternate config file
59 -c Override capture source lines (type,interface,name). Refer to
61 kismet.conf(5) for more information. Multiple capture source
62 options can be specified for multiple sources. All sources pro‐
63 vided here are automatically enabled unless an enable list is also
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65 -C Comma-separated list to override what capture sources are enabled.
67 -l Override logging types, comma separated (dump, cisco, weak, csv,
69 xml, gps)
70 -m Override maximum packets logged per file
72 -q Override sound option and run in quiet mode
74 -g Override GPS host:port
76 -p Override port to listen on for clients
78 -a Override list of client IPs or network/mask blocks (comma sepa‐
80 rated) allowed to connect
81 -s Run in silent mode (no console status information)
83 -N Override server name for this instance of Kismet
85 -v Print version
87 -h Help
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91 kismet_client is a ncurses and panels interface which connects to the
92 server and displays detected networks, statistics, network details, etc.
93 -f Use an alternate config file
95 -u Use an alternate UI config file
97 -q Override sound option and run in quiet mode
99 -s Override server host:port
101 -r Attempt to automatically restablish the connection if the server
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104 -g Override UI type (curses, panel)
106 -c Override list of columns to display (comma seperated)
108 -v Print version
110 -h Help
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114 gpsmap reads GPS and Network XML datafiles and plots networks on down‐
115 loaded maps or user-supplied images (such as satellite photos).
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118 kismet_drone(1), gpsmap(1), kismet.conf(5), kismet_ui.conf(5),
119 kismet_drone.conf(5)
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