How to do it...

  1. Use the following command to launch Kismet:
kismet 

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

  1. Once the GUI is up, it will ask us to start the server. Choose Yes.
  2. Next, we need to specify a source interface. In our case, it is wlan0, so we type that in. Make sure that the interface is in monitor mode before initializing it in Kismet, as shown in the following screenshot:

Now, we will see a list of all of the wireless networks around us:

  1. By default, Kismet listens on all channels. We can specify ...

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