Nearby

Description

Scans nearby wifi networks and the devices connected to each network.

Planned features

• [ ] Map nearby devices (Netjson for visualization)
• [ ] Count the number of people around you
• [ ] GeoLocation (Distance from/to a device)

Build

On Debian based Linux, install apt-get install libpcap-dev, so build the project:

rust cargo build --release

Usage

Root access is required to nearby be able to set the wireless interface on Monitor Mode

rust sudo target/release/nearby -i your_wireless_adapter

I.e: wlan0, or just run iwconfig to get it

WiFi adapter should support monitor mode

There are many USB WiFi adapters that support monitor mode, i.e:

• Alfa AWUS036NHA
• TP-Link TL-WN722N (ONLY Version 1)