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Kismet differs from other wireless network detectors in working passively. Namely, without sending any loggable packets, it is able to detect the presence of both wireless access points and wireless clients, and to associate them with each other. It is also the most widely used and up to date open source wireless monitoring tool. [citation needed]
A wireless configuration utility, [1] wireless configuration tool, [1] wireless LAN client, [citation needed] or wireless connection management utility [citation needed] is a class of network management software that manages the activities and features of a wireless network connection.
The software features algorithms designed to predict future network statistics. Auto Discovery The software automatically discovers hosts or network devices it is connected to. Agentless The product does not rely on a software agent that must run on hosts it is monitoring, so that data can be pushed back to a central server.
The agentless, on-premises [2] software can monitor thousands of devices from a single installation. The monitored devices can be desktop computers, servers, routers and other devices. The main function of the software is to monitor performance of servers and network devices in Windows and Linux environments. Data is kept on customers servers ...
A wireless LAN controller (WLC) is a network device used to monitor and manage wireless access points in an organization. WLCs are connected to routers and allow devices from across the organization to connect to the router via access points.
Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is network monitoring from the Operations Management Suite, that monitors networks. NPM monitors the availability of connectivity and quality of connectivity between multiple locations within and across campuses, private and public clouds.
Monitor mode, or RFMON (Radio Frequency MONitor) mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller (WNIC) to monitor all traffic received on a wireless channel. Unlike promiscuous mode , which is also used for packet sniffing , monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an access point or ad ...
The development of this software began in 1999 as an internal project by Maxim Perenesenko and Yuri Zaitsev. After 2 years of development, it was released as Network Eagle Monitor. [2] It took one more year until first stable release in 2002. As of 2015, this software is maintained by Extromatica company and is named Extromatica Network Monitor.