
KISMET(1)		    System Reference Manual		     KISMET(1)

NAME
     kismet - Wireless sniffing and monitoring

SYNOPSIS
     kismet [server-options] [--] [client-options]

     kismet_server [-nqs] [-t title] [-f config-file] [-c capture-type] [-i
     capture-interface] [-l log-types] [-d dump-type] [-m
     max-packets-per-file] [-g gpshost:port] [-p listen-port] [-a
     allowed-hosts]

     kismet_client [-q] [-f config-file] [-s serverhost:port] [-g gui-type]
     [-c display-columns]

DESCRIPTION
     kismet is an 802.11b wireless network sniffer.  It is capable of sniffing
     using almost any wireless card supported by Linux, including cards based
     on the Prism/2 chipset with the wlan-ng driver (Compaq, Linksys, D-Link,
     and more), cards based on the Lucent chipset (Orinoco) with the patched
     orinoco driver, cards using the Aironet chipset (Cisco) supported by the
     kernel Aironet drivers, and limited support for cards that do not support
     RF Monitoring.
     kismet supports logging to the wtapfile packet format (readable by tcp-
     dump and ethereal) and saves detected network informat as plaintext, XSV,
     and XML.  kismet is capable of using any GPS supported by gpsd and logs
     and plots network data.

     kismet is divided into three basic programs, kismet_server kismet_curses
     and gpsmap

USAGE
     kismet handles automatically starting kismet_server and kismet_curses.
     IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU PLACE YOUR CARD IN RFMON MODE BEFORE STARTING
     KISMET OR YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY TRAFFIC.  Your card can be placed into
     monitor mode by running the appropriate monitor script for your card
     type.


KISMET_SERVER
     kismet_server captures, dissects, and logs packets and GPS data.  It is
     capable of running in `headless' mode with no display.  Multiple clients
     (on multiple computers) can be connected to a single server.

     -t	   Set the title used for the %t field of the logfile template (De-
	   fault: Kimset)

     -n	   Disable all logging

     -f	   Use an alternate config file

     -c	   Override capture type (pcap, prism2, generic, wtapfile)

     -i	   Override capture interface

     -l	   Override logging types, comma seperated (dump, cisco, weak, csv,
	   xml, gps)

     -m	   Override maximum packets logged per file

     -q	   Override sound option and run in quiet mode


     -g	   Override GPS host:port

     -p	   Override port to listen on for clients

     -a	   Override list of client IPs (comma seperated) allowed to connect

     -s	   Run in silent mode (no console status information)

     -v	   Print version

     -h	   Help

KISMET_CURSES
     kismet_curses is a ncurses and panels interface which connects to the
     server and displays detected networks, statistics, network details, etc.

     -f	   Use an alternate config file

     -u	   Use an alternate UI config file

     -q	   Override sound option and run in quiet mode

     -s	   Override server host:port

     -g	   Override UI type (curses, panel)

     -c	   Override list of columns to display (comma seperated)

     -v	   Print version

     -h	   Help

GPSMAP
     gpsmap reads GPS and Network XML datafiles and plots networks on down-
     loaded maps or user-supplied images (such as sattellite photos).

SEE ALSO
     kismet.conf(5), kismet_ui.conf(5), gpsmap(1)

 Kismet				August 26, 2002				     2
