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Linux: Wireless tools {scan, configure, list, sniff ... }
Hi guys,
Finally, I've finished my list of wireless tools for Linux, of course, it is available here:
Name: NetworkManager
Url: http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkMa
Description: NetworkManager attempts to make networking invisible. When moving into areas you've been before, NetworkManager automatically connects to the last network the user chose to connect to. Likewise, when back at the desk, NetworkManager will switch to the faster, more reliable wired network connection.
Name: netapplet
Url: http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpac
Description: netapplet is a freedesktop.org notification area applet that allows
users to change between various network devices or networks in one
click. It includes support for switching between wireless network
ESSIDs as well as more traditional ethernet devices.
Name: Wireless Assistant
Url: http://wlassistant.sourceforge.net/
Description: Wireless Assistant tool to configure wireless networks.
Name: KWiFiManager
Url: http://kwifimanager.sourceforge.net/
Description: The wireless LAN client manager for KDE3.
With the application KWiFiManager you can configure and monitor your wireless LAN PC-Cards under Linux/KDE. The application is designed for KDE version 3.x only. For an (old, unmaintained) KDE2 application, check the KOrinoco project page.
Name:KOrinoco
Url: http://korinoco.sourceforge.net/
Description: KOrinoco - the wireless LAN client manager for KDE2
Name: AirSnort
Url: http://airsnort.shmoo.com/
Description: AirSnort is a wireless LAN (WLAN) tool which recovers encryption keys. AirSnort operates by passively monitoring transmissions, computing the encryption key when enough packets have been gathered.
Name: Wireless Tools
Url: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tou
Description: The Wireless Tools (WT) is a set of tools allowing to manipulate the Wireless Extensions. They use a textual interface and are rather crude, but aim to support the full Wireless Extension. There are many other tools you can use with Wireless Extensions, however Wireless Tools is the reference implementation.
Name: WiFi Radar
Url: http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/
Description: WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles.
It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. At boot time, running WiFi Radar will automatically scan for an available preferred network and connect to it.
Name: AP Radar
Url: http://apradar.sourceforge.net/
Description: AP Radar is a Linux/GTK+ based graphical netstumbler and wireless profile manager.
Name: Kismet
Url: http://www.kismetwireless.net/
Description: Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system.
Name: gwifiapplet
Url: http://gwifiapplet.sourceforge.net/
Description: The GNOME Wireless Applet is a wireless link quality monitor panel applet for GNOME.
Name: Linux WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant
Url: http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_suppl
Description: wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). It is suitable for both desktop/laptop computers and embedded systems. Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.
Name: Waveselect
Url: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph
Waveselect was first thought of as a replica of the Windows XP wlan-connection tool. It makes it a snap to discover local wlans, and connect to them.
Name: NetworkControl
Url: http://www.arachnoid.com/NetworkCo
Description: NetworkControl is a free (GPL) Linux (Xwindows GUI-based) utility that allows you to control and monitor your network interfaces, including wireless ones (in that case, you see a signal strength meter, as shown on this page).
Name: KWaveControl
Url: http://kwavecontrol.sourceforge.net/#do
Description: KWaveControl is a tool for wireless devices and it is based on the wireless extensions. It runs under Linux with KDE and docks into the panel.
Name: netchoose
Url: http://www.plutospin.com/netchoose.h
Description: netchoose is a GUI (QT based) wrapper for helping users who need to connect to
multiple wireless network connections on a routine basis. netchoose's strengths are it
allows the user great customization on a per-address basis.
Name: Mobydik.tk
Url: http://www.mobydik.it/
Description: Mobydik.tk is a graphical wrapper for the Linux Wireless Extensions Tools that maintains a list of previously known wireless networks (for re-selection), shows all wireless networks in the immediate vicinity with their signal strengths, and allows easy selection of any of these.
Name: xwconfig
Url: http://www.random-works.co.uk/xwconfig/
Description: xwconfig is a gtk based application for configuring wireless devices. It is based on and uses large chunks of iwconfig from the wireless tools package.
Name: PyWireless
Url: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph
Description: PyWireless is a basic wireless connection monitor with DCOP support...
Name: netcfg
Url: http://netcfg.sourceforge.net/
Description: network configuration program.
Name: WirelessMonitor
Url: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph
Description: WirelessMonitor is a small KDE application that docks into the system tray and monitors the wireless network interface.
Name QWireless
Description: QWireless is an easy to use program used mainly as a wireless lan analyser.
Url: http://www.uv-ac.de/qwireless/
Name: wavemanage
Url: http://www.janmorgenstern.de/projects-s
Description: wavemon is a ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices.
Finally, I've finished my list of wireless tools for Linux, of course, it is available here:
Name: NetworkManager
Url: http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkMa
Description: NetworkManager attempts to make networking invisible. When moving into areas you've been before, NetworkManager automatically connects to the last network the user chose to connect to. Likewise, when back at the desk, NetworkManager will switch to the faster, more reliable wired network connection.
Name: netapplet
Url: http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpac
Description: netapplet is a freedesktop.org notification area applet that allows
users to change between various network devices or networks in one
click. It includes support for switching between wireless network
ESSIDs as well as more traditional ethernet devices.
Name: Wireless Assistant
Url: http://wlassistant.sourceforge.net/
Description: Wireless Assistant tool to configure wireless networks.
Name: KWiFiManager
Url: http://kwifimanager.sourceforge.net/
Description: The wireless LAN client manager for KDE3.
With the application KWiFiManager you can configure and monitor your wireless LAN PC-Cards under Linux/KDE. The application is designed for KDE version 3.x only. For an (old, unmaintained) KDE2 application, check the KOrinoco project page.
Name:KOrinoco
Url: http://korinoco.sourceforge.net/
Description: KOrinoco - the wireless LAN client manager for KDE2
Name: AirSnort
Url: http://airsnort.shmoo.com/
Description: AirSnort is a wireless LAN (WLAN) tool which recovers encryption keys. AirSnort operates by passively monitoring transmissions, computing the encryption key when enough packets have been gathered.
Name: Wireless Tools
Url: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tou
Description: The Wireless Tools (WT) is a set of tools allowing to manipulate the Wireless Extensions. They use a textual interface and are rather crude, but aim to support the full Wireless Extension. There are many other tools you can use with Wireless Extensions, however Wireless Tools is the reference implementation.
Name: WiFi Radar
Url: http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/
Description: WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles.
It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. At boot time, running WiFi Radar will automatically scan for an available preferred network and connect to it.
Name: AP Radar
Url: http://apradar.sourceforge.net/
Description: AP Radar is a Linux/GTK+ based graphical netstumbler and wireless profile manager.
Name: Kismet
Url: http://www.kismetwireless.net/
Description: Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system.
Name: gwifiapplet
Url: http://gwifiapplet.sourceforge.net/
Description: The GNOME Wireless Applet is a wireless link quality monitor panel applet for GNOME.
Name: Linux WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant
Url: http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_suppl
Description: wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). It is suitable for both desktop/laptop computers and embedded systems. Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.
Name: Waveselect
Url: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph
Waveselect was first thought of as a replica of the Windows XP wlan-connection tool. It makes it a snap to discover local wlans, and connect to them.
Name: NetworkControl
Url: http://www.arachnoid.com/NetworkCo
Description: NetworkControl is a free (GPL) Linux (Xwindows GUI-based) utility that allows you to control and monitor your network interfaces, including wireless ones (in that case, you see a signal strength meter, as shown on this page).
Name: KWaveControl
Url: http://kwavecontrol.sourceforge.net/#do
Description: KWaveControl is a tool for wireless devices and it is based on the wireless extensions. It runs under Linux with KDE and docks into the panel.
Name: netchoose
Url: http://www.plutospin.com/netchoose.h
Description: netchoose is a GUI (QT based) wrapper for helping users who need to connect to
multiple wireless network connections on a routine basis. netchoose's strengths are it
allows the user great customization on a per-address basis.
Name: Mobydik.tk
Url: http://www.mobydik.it/
Description: Mobydik.tk is a graphical wrapper for the Linux Wireless Extensions Tools that maintains a list of previously known wireless networks (for re-selection), shows all wireless networks in the immediate vicinity with their signal strengths, and allows easy selection of any of these.
Name: xwconfig
Url: http://www.random-works.co.uk/xwconfig/
Description: xwconfig is a gtk based application for configuring wireless devices. It is based on and uses large chunks of iwconfig from the wireless tools package.
Name: PyWireless
Url: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph
Description: PyWireless is a basic wireless connection monitor with DCOP support...
Name: netcfg
Url: http://netcfg.sourceforge.net/
Description: network configuration program.
Name: WirelessMonitor
Url: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.ph
Description: WirelessMonitor is a small KDE application that docks into the system tray and monitors the wireless network interface.
Name QWireless
Description: QWireless is an easy to use program used mainly as a wireless lan analyser.
Url: http://www.uv-ac.de/qwireless/
Name: wavemanage
Url: http://www.janmorgenstern.de/projects-s
Description: wavemon is a ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices.
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