A tester completed a three-hour wardrive through downtown Chicago using Kismet and collected 12 000 access-point entries in networks.csv. The goal is to uncover additional APs that did not beacon during the drive while preserving their geolocation context. According to recommended workflow with WiGLE.net, which next step will MOST quickly reveal access points the tester missed?
Enable active probe requests in Kismet and restrict scanning to 5 GHz channels only, then repeat the wardrive
Import the CSV into Aircrack-ng and launch a deauthentication flood against every BSSID to elicit new beacons
Upload the Kismet CSV to your WiGLE account and overlay the map to compare your file with existing crowd data
Re-run the scan with the adapter fixed to channel 6 so hidden SSIDs are forced to respond
Uploading the Kismet CSV to the tester's WiGLE account adds the newly gathered records to the global database and unlocks WiGLE's map overlay and query tools. By comparing the uploaded file against millions of crowdsourced entries at the same coordinates, the tester can see SSIDs and BSSIDs recorded by other wardrivers that were outside the tester's reception window or silent during the scan. The other choices perform new scans or active attacks but do not tap the existing community data set, so they will not immediately expose networks already logged by others.
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