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Old 11-05-2003   #3 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Monitr7
NS is a "passive" sniffer, which will only detect APs that are set up to broadcast. AirSnort (utilizing Kismet?) is an active sniffer; sending out a signal that causes APs, even those that are set up not to broadcast, to send their AP info. So that's one reason you're finding more APs with AirSnort.
Dude, you got it a backwards.

NS is "active" in that it sends a probe beacon, just like the client manager.

Kismet is passive, listening for traffic.
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