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NAME
kismet - Wireless sniffing and monitoring
SYNOPSIS
kismet [server-options] [--] [client-options]
kismet_server [-nqs] [-t title] [-f config-file] [-c capture-source]
[-C enable-capture-sources] [-l log-types] [-d dump-type]
[-m max-packets-per-file] [-g gpshost:port] [-p listen-port]
[-a allowed-hosts] [-N server-name]
kismet_client [-qr] [-f config-file] [-s serverhost:port] [-g gui-type]
[-c display-columns]
DESCRIPTION
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intru‐
sion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which
supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and
802.11g traffic.
Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting