kismet: Kismet (wireless network detector) kismet: kismet: Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and kismet: intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card kismet: which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, kismet: 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. kismet: kismet: Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and kismet: detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, kismet: decloaking) hidden networks, and infering the presence of nonbeaconing kismet: networks via data traffic.