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Kismet VS Ethereal

Compare Kismet VS Ethereal and see what are their differences

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Kismet logo Kismet

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system.

Ethereal logo Ethereal

Ethereal® is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis...
  • Kismet Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-12-24
  • Ethereal Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-27

Kismet videos

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KISMET PURE VITAMIN C PRIMER REVIEW

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  • Review - Kismet - 2 Minute Review
  • Review - Newton Kismet Main Review

Ethereal videos

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Ethereal Review: Style and Substance

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  • Review - Wampler Ethereal Delay/Reverb Pedal Review
  • Review - Ethereal Visions Tarot ~ Walkthrough

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Kismet and Ethereal)

Kismet

Ethereal

Monitoring Tools
70 70%
Monitoring Tools
30% 30
Log Management
62 62%
Log Management
38% 38
Network & Admin
100 100%
Network & Admin
0% 0
Security
0 0%
Security
100% 100

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Reviews

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Kismet Reviews

5 Best Wireshark alternative packet sniffers
Kismet’s data collector doesn’t probe networks like other packet sniffers, so intrusion detection systems can’t spot its activities. This makes it a powerful tool for hackers who have access to a computer that is connected to the network. Standard network monitoring systems will spot the presence of the device on which Kismet is running, but won’t see that the program is...
Source: www.comparitech.com

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Kismet and Ethereal, you can also consider the following products

Vistumbler - Vistumbler is a wireless network scanner for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Features:

tcpdump - tcpdump is a common packet analyzer that runs under the command line.

inSSIDer - inSSIDer Essential makes it easy to maintain small business WiFi.

Wireshark - Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Homedale - With Homedale you can search for Wi-Fi / WLAN Access Points and monitor their signal strength.

Ettercap - Ettercap is a suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN.

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