Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 2
Native Atheros Driver Update Procedure
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Use the following procedure to update the existing driver for an
Atheros-based wireless adapter to the latest version in Windows Vista.
To update the native Atheros driver in Windows Vista:
1 Make sure the Sniffer Portable Professional software is installed. If
it is not installed, install it now.
2 Log in to Windows as an Administrator.
3 Right-click Computer and select Manage.
4 Select the Device Manager entry in the Computer Management
pane (left pane).
5 In the Network adapters list, select the wireless card you want to
use with Sniffer Portable Professional on Windows Vista.
6 Right-click on the card and select Update Driver Software.
7 The Update Driver Wizard displays. Select the Browse my
computer for driver software option.
The Browse for driver software on your computer dialog box
appears prompting you to supply the path to the driver to install.
8 Click Browse and navigate to the path for your card:
Cisco adapters (7.4 version):
\Sniffer Portable\driver\en\cisco\vista
All other adapters (7.6 version):
9 Click Next.
\Sniffer Portable\driver\en\atheros\vista
10 Select netathr.inf if installing on a 32-bit machine or netathrx.inf
if installing on a 64-bit machine and click Next.
11 Follow the wizard’s instructions to complete the driver update.
12 Close the Computer Management window.
13 Reboot the system and start Sniffer Portable Professional to use the
new driver.