Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Installing Sniffer Portable Professional
Installing Sniffer Enhanced Drivers (802.11)
NOTE: Sniffer enhanced drivers are not included for 10/100/1000
Ethernet cards. Sniffer Portable Professional supports 10/100/1000
Ethernet cards without using a Sniffer enhanced driver on both
Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Sniffer Portable Professional supports wireless adapters based on the
Atheros AR5002X+ chipset. The table below provides the details:
Table 2-2. Supported Wireless Chipsets and Drivers
Chipset Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003
Tested on Atheros-based Cisco
CB21, D-Link, Proxim, and
NETGEAR Cardbus Adapters
Atheros AR5008X
(802.11n)
You install drivers for wireless cards differently depending on whether
you are using Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista:
Wireless Adapters in Windows XP
Windows Vista and Windows
Server 2008
Tested on Atheros-based D-Link,
NETGEAR, Cisco CB21, Trendnet, and
Gigabyte Cardbus, PCI/PCIe,
mini-PCI/PCIe adapters (USB not
supported).
Not supported. Supported with the native Atheros
driver, which you can install using either
Atheros AR5006X Supported with enhanced
drivers stored in \Sniffer
Atheros AR5004X Portable\Driver\en\atheros
\winxp
Atheros AR5002X
Microsoft Windows Update or one of the
bundled drivers:
• Cisco adapters –
Use the7.4 driver located at \Sniffer Portable\
driver\en\cisco\vista.
• All other adapters –
Use the 7.6 driver located at \Sniffer Portable\
driver\en\atheros\vista.
You must install a Sniffer enhanced driver before you can use
Sniffer Portable Professional on Windows XP with a wireless LAN
card. Sniffer Portable Professional includes enhanced drivers for
wireless cards based on the Atheros AR5002X+ chipsets as
summarized in the table above.
See Sniffer Enhanced Driver Installation Procedure on page 24 for
information on how to install the Sniffer enhanced driver for
wireless cards based on these chipsets.
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