kismet Command Examples

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}}