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IT teams looking for a wireless network and device detector solution

About Kismet

Kismet works with Wi-Fi interfaces, Bluetooth interfaces, some SDR (software defined radio) hardware like the RTLSDR, and other specialized capture hardware. Kismet works on Linux, OSX, and, to a degree, Windows 10 under the WSL framework. On Linux it works with most Wi-Fi cards, Bluetooth interfaces, and other hardware devices. On OSX it works with the built-in Wi-Fi interfaces, and on Windows 10 it will work with remote captures. There are several ways you can help support Kismet development financially if you’d like to; support is always appreciated but never required. Kismet is, and always will be, open source. With the new Kismet codebase (Kismet-2018-Beta1 and newer), Kismet supports plugins which extend the WebUI functionality via Javascript and browser-side enhancements, as well as the more traditional Kismet plugin architecture of C++ plugins which can extend the server functionality at a low level.

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