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Figure - 8 WiFi Device Selection (Bronze – Gold Versions)

The recommended way to terminate a Kismet session is with “Q” = <shift>+<q>

in the main Kismet screen. Kismet will shutdown cleanly. Removal of a WiFi

network adapter during collection will also cause Kismet to exit and return to

the WiFi Device Selection screen.

Also, it has been observed that some WiFi network adapters may cause the

system to freeze/lock if removed, depending on the system hardware and WiFi

device combination.

Once device selection is completed, the system will start a local system Kismet

server and connect to it, using a local Kismet client, which will display the

information to the F10 screen.

For Bronze – Gold versions, please continue by going to the section:

After General Configuration

Follow-on Configuration for Platinum only:

The next screen, “WiFi Chipset Selection”, requires the user to select the WiFi

chipset(s) for which the wireless cards connected to the system contain. Only

chipsets from the cards connected to the system and recognized will be shown.

A WiFi chipset refers to the specific wireless radio microchips utilized within a

wireless card. It is recommended that wireless devices be placed in the system

at this time and [TryAgain] or [Re-Identify Cards] may be selected to update

all chipsets and wireless card count. The screen will show all identified

chipsets as well as the number of cards for each (see the following WiFi Chipset

Selection example figures 9-11); chipset name(s) on the left and the

corresponding number of cards on the right. If the user selects a single

chipset, they will only have access to the WiFi cards that contain the matching

chipset. This is a good option if the system has a built in wireless card that the

user does not wish to use. This screen will provide several options to the user: