Sniffing around with Kismet

Kismet is a layer two wireless network detector. It comes in handy because while performing a pentest in a corporate environment, we may need to look for wireless networks as well. Kismet can sniff 802.11a/b/g/n traffic. It works with any wireless card that supports raw monitoring mode.

In this recipe, we will learn how to use Kismet to monitor Wi-Fi networks.