Kismet

Kismet (www.kismetwireless.net) is "an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system."

Simple Usage

This is geared towards the Nokia770/OS2006 package:

• h will open a help window
• z toggles fullscreen net list
• s allows selection of sort method, which is required to:
• t tags the selected network
• g groups tagged networks
• u ungroups current group
• c shows clients
• L locks to a channel, H returns to channel hopping
• n names network
• i shows detailed info
• l shows signal levels
• d dumps printable strings
• r shows a packet rate graph
• a shows statistics
• f follows a network
• w tracks alerts
• x closes popup window

Kismet Display

(see image below)

The letter displayed under the 'T' menu on the main page, equates to:

Network/Client Type:

Kismet Displays:	Network/Client Type:
P	Probe request - no associated connection yet
A	Access point - standard wireless network
H	Ad-hoc - point to point wireless network
T	Turbocell - Turbocell aka Karlnet or Lucent Router
G	Group - Group of wireless networks
D	Data - Data only network with no control packets

The colour the discovered network is displayed in represents:

Colour:	Network/Client Type:
Yellow	Unencrypted Network
Red	Factory default settings in use!
Green	Secure Networks (WEP, WPA etc..)
Blue	SSID cloaking on / Broadcast SSID disabled

The letter displayed under the 'W' menu on the main page, equate to:

Kismet Displays:	Type of Encryption:
N	No encryption in use
Y	WEP encryption on use
O	Other encryption in use (e.g. LEAP)

Kismet on Nokia 770

Kismet can easily be installed on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet using a pre-made package. It probably needs root privileges to run.

Please be aware that Kismet will not close the wireless connection gracefully, so if you were connected to a network when you started Kismet, you'll have to disconnect and then re-connect.

External Links

• homepage