Kismet – Wireless sniffing and monitoring

Step 1. Installation taufanlubis@zyrex:~$ sudo apt-get install kismet Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following extra packages will be installed: libadns1 wireshark-common Suggested packages: sox festival gpsd Recommended packages: libadns1-bin wireshark tshark The following NEW packages will be installed: kismet libadns1 wireshark-common 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to [...]

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Network monitor – speedometer

Measure and display the rate of data across a network connection or data being stored in a file. Installation taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install speedometer Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following extra packages will be installed: python-urwid The following NEW packages will be installed: python-urwid speedometer 0 upgraded, 2 [...]

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Network Monitor – pktstat

pktstat listens to the network, shows and summary the bandwidth being consumed by packets of various kinds on an interface in real time. Each line displays the data rate associated with different classes of packets. It understands some protocols (including FTP,HTTP, and X11) and adds a descriptive name next to the entry (e.g., ‘RETR cd8.iso’, [...]

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Network Monitor – cbm

The CBM or Color Bandwidth Meter displays current traffic of all network device. This program is so simple that is should be self-explanatory. Source code and newer versions are available from: http://www.isotton.com/utils/cbm/ Installation taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install cbm Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following NEW packages will be [...]

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Network Monitor – Ntop

(taken from www.ntop.org) Ntop is a network traffic monitor that shows the network usage. It display a list of hosts that are currently using the network and reports information concerning the (IP and non-IP) traffic generated and received by each host. It is similar to what the popular top Unix command does. Ntop may operate [...]

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Network Monitor – tcptrack

Tcptrack is a sniffer program which can be used to monitor the tcp connection on the network. It passively watches for connection on the network interface. It’s similar to ‘top’ command. Installation taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install tcptrack Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following NEW packages will be installed: [...]

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