# 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 --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://userguide.wlanpi.com/wlan-pi-os/kismet.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.