Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Installing Sniffer Portable Professional
Using the 802.11 a/b/g/n Card as a Normal Network Card
When Sniffer Portable Professional is connected to the 802.11a/b/g/n
wireless card, the card operates in promiscuous mode and cannot
participate as an active member of the wireless LAN. However, when
Sniffer Portable Professional is not connected to the 802.11a/b/g/n card,
you can use the card to participate actively in a wireless network.
During a normal installation of the 802.11a/b/g/n wireless card, you are
given the option of configuring a profile for normal wireless network
participation (including configuring the ESSID, WEP keys, and so on). If
you did not configure these settings during the initial installation of the
card (or if you want to change the current settings), you can configure
them later using the Wireless Network option in the Control Panel.
However, do not make changes to the 802.11a/b/g/n card’s
configuration while Sniffer Portable Professional is running.
NOTE: For Windows XP, use the Wireless Network tab in the
Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog box to set wireless
network participation parameters.
NOTE: Wireless Client Utilities provided by your card’s vendor will
not function with the Sniffer enhanced driver installed. Use the
Wireless Network Connection utility included with Microsoft
Windows instead.
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