Kismet 2.6.1
Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
http://www.kismetwireless.net/
Licensed under the GPL

* What is it?
  Kismet is a 802.11b wireless network sniffer.  It is capable of sniffing 
  using almost any wireless card supported in Linux, including Prism2
  based cards supported by the Wlan-NG project (Linksys, Dlink, Rangelan,
  etc), cards which support standard packet capture via libpcap (Cisco),
  and limited support for cards without RF Monitor support.

* Features
  Multiple packet capture sources
  Runtime network sorting by AP MAC address (bssid)
  IP block detection
  Cisco product detection via CDP
  Ethereal and tcpdump compatable file logging
  Airsnort-compatable "interesting" (cryptographically weak) logging
  Cloaked network detection
  Grouping and custom naming of SSIDs
  Multiple clients viewing a single capture stream
  Graphical mapping of data (gpsmap)
  Cross-platform support (handheld linux and BSD)
  Manufacturer identification
  Default factory setup detection 
  Detection of Netstumbler clients

* Quick start
  All of this will make more sense if you read the docs for each segment.
  1. Compile and Install Kismet
  2. Configure kismet.conf and kismet_ui.conf for your card and setup.  Make
     sure to put a valid, non-root user as the 'suiduser' option.  This user
     is the account kismet will run as once it has attached to the capture
     source.
  3. Run kismet_monitor to enable rfmon mode, optionally with the 
     channel hopper.  kismet_monitor must be run as root because it changes
     the state of the card.
  4. Run kismet.  Kismet should be run as the user you specified as the 
     'suiduser'.  If kismet is started as root, it will drop privs to this
     user, but the frontend will still run as root.

* More information:
  Compilation and configuration:
  docs/README.compiling    Compiling Kismet
  docs/README.config       Configuring Kismet
  docs/README.upgrading    Upgrading Kismet

  Usage:
  docs/README.curses       Curses interface (deprecated)
  docs/README.panel        Panels interface

  Portability:
  docs/README.arm          Running Kismet on ARM platforms such as Ipaq 
                           and Zaurus
  docs/README.bsd          Running Kismet on *BSD systems

  Capture engines:
  docs/README.generic      Generic/Wireless Extention capture engine
  docs/README.pcap         libpcap capture engine
  docs/README.prism2       Prism2 (netlink) capture engine
  docs/README.wtapfile     Wiretap (dump file) capture engine

  GPS support:
  docs/README.gps          GPS logging
  docs/README.gpsmap       GPS graphing

  Notes on specific cards:
  docs/CARD.cisco          Cisco cards
  docs/CARD.prism2         Prism2 cards
  docs/CARD.orinoco        Orinoco cards
  docs/CARD.airport        Airport cards

  Misc:
  docs/README.extras       Extra scripts and utilities

  Developer:
  docs/DEVEL.ssidmap       Format of the SSID map state file
  docs/DEVEL.groupmap      Format of the group map state file
  docs/DEVEL.ipmap         Format of the IP map state file

