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What relationship does KisMAC have with Kismet?

April 26, 2017KisMAC kismet relationship

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What relationship does KisMAC have with Kismet?

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Kismet and KisMAC are both passive stumblers which work under MacOS X. The most significant difference is that Kismet is a CLI (command line interface) program while KisMAC uses a GUI (graphical user interface). It used to be a play on words as MacStumbler is to NetStumbler. Those two are active probing applications and KisMAC was supposed to be the Kismet-like passive tool for OS X, back when there was no Kismet port.

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Kismet and KisMAC are both passive sniffers which work under MacOS X. The most significant difference is that Kismet is a CLI (command line interface) program while KisMAC uses a GUI (graphical user interface). It used to be a play on words as MacStumbler is to NetStumbler. Those two are active probing applications and KisMAC was supposed to be the Kismet-like passive tool for OS X, back when there was no Kismet port. Also, Kismet can only make use of an AirPort Extreme card while KisMAC includes drivers for some popular USB chipsets.