Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Table 2-1. Sniffer Portable Professional System Requirements
Item Requirement
Network
Interface
Cards
Installing Sniffer Portable Professional
Ethernet 10/100/1000 cards with native driver provided by vendor (no Sniffer
enhanced driver required or provided).
Wireless cards with Atheros AR5002X+ chipset:
• Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 – 802.11 a/b/g; Sniffer enhanced
driver required; see Installing Sniffer Enhanced Drivers (802.11) on page 23
for details.
Combo cards only supported if 802.11 a/b/g (b/g only not supported).
• Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 – 802.11 a/b/g/n; Native
Atheros driver required (available both on Microsoft website and packaged
with Sniffer Portable Professional application installation). See Installing
Sniffer Enhanced Drivers (802.11) on page 23 for details.
Combo cards with any combination of 802.11 a/b/g/n are supported on
Windows Vista/Windows 2008. Combo cards with any combination of
802.11a/b/g are supported on Windows XP/Windows 2003.
Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or higher
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