NAME

       btscanner - ncurses-based scanner for Bluetooth devices

SYNOPSIS

       btscanner [--help] [--cfg <file>] [--no-reset]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not
       have a manual page.

       btscanner is a tool designed specifically to extract as much information as  possible  from  a  Bluetooth
       device  without  the requirement to pair. A detailed information screen extracts HCI and SDP information,
       and maintains an open connection to monitor the RSSI and link quality.  btscanner is based on  the  BlueZ
       Bluetooth  stack,  which  is  included  with  recent Linux kernels, and the BlueZ toolset. btscanner also
       contains a complete listing of the IEEE OUI numbers  and  class  lookup  tables.  Using  the  information
       gathered from these sources it is possible to make educated guesses as to the host device type.

OPTIONS

       --help Show a help text and exit.

       --cfg <file> Use <file> as the config file.

       --no-reset Do not reset the Bluetooth adapter before scanning.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs to Tim Hurman <tim.hurman@pentest.co.uk>.

LICENCE

       btscanner is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).

SEE ALSO

       kismet(1).

AUTHORS

       Tim Hurman <tim.hurman@pentest.co.uk>

       This  manual  page  was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but
       may be used by others).

                                                 April 22, 2006                                     BTSCANNER(1)