prismstumbler(1)
NAME
prismstumbler - wireless LAN (WLAN) discovery tool
SYNOPSIS
prismstumbler [-dhioqSw]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the prismstumbler command.
prismstumbler is a wireless LAN discovery tool which scans for beaconframes from accesspoints. It operates by constantly switching channels
and monitors any frames received on the currently selected channel.
prismstumbler is designed to find as much information about wireless
LAN installations as possible. It comes with a GTK2 user interface and
uses an embedded SQL database to store network information. It is able
to create networks lists in GPSdrive format and store captured packages
to pcap dump files.
OPTIONS
-S Channel - Only listen on a specific Channel (1-14)
-w FileName - Create (and update) Gpsdrive Waypointfile
-d Database only mode (scanner inactive)
-o Use orinoco driver interface
-h Use hostap driver interface
-i Interface - Use designated interface
-q Quiet mode, no output to stdout
FILES
- ~/.pstumbler/prismstumblerdb
- prismstumbler's networks database
SEE ALSO
More information can be found in /usr/share/doc/prismstumbler/help.txt
AUTHOR
Created by: Jan Fernquist <Jan.B.Fernquist@telia.com>
Currently maintained by Florian Boor <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>.
Card detection by Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
- This manual page was written by Andy Price <andy@andrewprice.me.uk> for
Ubuntu.