Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
To toggle the drop-down menu at the top of the screen, press the
~
key (usually
located under the
Esc
key), and then use your arrow keys to navigate through the
menus and press the
Enter
key to select. Press the same
~
key to close the menu.
There are also underlined letters and shortcut letters that you can use to navigate
faster through the menus.
Let's look at the
Sort
menu. When you start out,
Network List
is set to the
Auto-fit
sorting. To be able to select individual access points in the list for further operations,
you need to choose one of the available sorting methods. A good choice is
Packets
(descending)
since it makes the most active access points visible at the top of the list.
Kismet showing the sort menu
Now you'll be able to use your arrow keys in the
Network
list to select your access
point and get a closer look at the connected computers by viewing the
Client
list
from the
View
or
Windows
drop-down menu. Each Wi-Fi adapter associated with
the access point has a unique hardware identifier called a MAC address. While these
addresses can be faked (spoofed), it does give you an idea of how many computers
are actively sending and receiving network packets on your network as indicated by
the
!
character in front of active MACs. Just keep in mind that the access point itself
appears in the list as a
Wired/AP
type.
Adding sound and speech
Most aspects of the Kismet user interface can be changed from the
Preferences
panel
under the
Kismet
drop-down menu. To add sound effects or synthesized speech,
select the
Audio…
option.
