Editing Kismet (software) (section)

==Features==
Kismet differs from other wireless network detectors in working passively. Namely, without sending any loggable packets, it is able to detect the presence of both [[wireless access point]]s and wireless clients, and to associate them with each other. It is also the most widely used and up to date open source wireless monitoring tool. {{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

[[Image:Kismet Key.png|thumb|right|An explanation of the headings displayed in Kismet.]]

Kismet also includes basic wireless [[Intrusion-detection system|IDS]] features such as detecting active wireless sniffing programs including [[NetStumbler]], as well as a number of wireless network attacks.

Kismet features the ability to log all sniffed packets and save them in a [[tcpdump]]/[[Wireshark]] or [[Airsnort]] compatible file format.  Kismet can also capture "Per-Packet Information" headers.

Kismet also features the ability to detect default or "not configured" networks, probe requests, and determine what level of wireless encryption is used on a given access point.

In order to find as many networks as possible, Kismet supports channel hopping. This means that it constantly changes from channel to channel non-sequentially, in a user-defined sequence with a default value that leaves big holes between channels (for example, 1-6-11-2-7-12-3-8-13-4-9-14-5-10). The advantage with this method is that it will capture more packets because adjacent channels overlap.

Kismet also supports logging of the geographical coordinates of the network if the input from a [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] receiver is additionally available.