[Tfug] Looking for Wi-Fi Logger

Ian McEwen mcewen.ian at gmail.com
Wed Aug 13 13:14:19 MST 2008


Let me second the vote for Kismet; not only does it do all of those things,
but does many more that you (and I!) will keep discovering for a long time.
It's a great utility all around.

--
Ian McEwen

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Ryan Cresawn <jrcresawn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Matt Jacob <m at mattjacob.com> wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > A co-worker of mine is looking for an app that will scan for visible
> > wi-fi networks and log the results on a periodic basis (e.g. every
> > 5/10/15 minutes or whatever). We were thinking that it would report the
> > SSID, signal strength, channel, encryption on/off, etc.
> >
> > Does such a program exist?
> >
> > If there isn't anything currently available, there might be one soon,
> > because we'll probably be building it ourselves if we can't find
> > something usable.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Matt
>
> Matt,
>
> I highly recommend kismet.  It has all the features you want.
>
> Ryan
>
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