# Kismet

## What is kismet?

Kismet is a monitoring tool for wireless - originally only supporting 802.11 Wi-Fi, with the right hardware Kismet can now capture Bluetooth advertisements, BTLE, nRF-based wireless mice and keyboards, weather stations, wireless thermometers, switches, smoke detectors, 802.15.4 / Zigbee, ADSB airplane transponders, AMR wireless power, water meters, gas meters, and more.

1. To start kismet, simply head over to terminal and type `kismet` then press enter\\

   ```
   kismet
   ```
2. Kismet should now be running\
   Leave it running
3. Open a new browser tab
4. Navigate to `http://wlanpi-xxx.local:2501`
5. Login to kismet\
   Before you can access kismet, you will need to create a username and password