Step 1 - Give dragorn a big hug : http://kismetwireless.net/ Step 2a - Instructions below client-c : This is the client that you should try to compile and use. You will need libpcap, curl and json. apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libjson-c-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpcap-dev If that fails, go to Step 2b. Step 2b - Compile the latest kismet from scratch Step 3 - Plug in your USB Wifi Adapter Step 4 - Make sure you have the Kismet Perl Client modules installed (perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::Kismet') Step 5 - Create a SSH private key and push it onto the webserver Step 6 - ./start.sh