Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 2
Tuning Settings for Sniffer Portable
Professional
36 Sniffer Portable Professional
There are several settings you can make to the Microsoft Windows
operating system that will improve Sniffer Portable Professional
performance. See the following sections:
Power Considerations for Sniffer Portable Professional Laptops on
page 36
Uninstalling the QoS Packet Scheduler Service on page 37
Removing the MAC Bridge Miniport Driver on XP on page 39
Power Considerations for Sniffer Portable Professional
Laptops
Most laptop computers include power configuration options that let you
specify whether the computer should be allowed to go into a standby or
hibernate mode after a specified period of inactivity. For computers
actively running Sniffer Portable Professional, these options
should always be disabled to preserve stable system
performance!
For example, MS-Windows 2000 and XP laptop computers include a
Power Options Properties control panel. The Power Options Properties
control panel is accessed by starting the Display control panel (Start >
Settings > Control Panel > Display), clicking on the Screen Saver
tab, and then clicking the Power button. In this example, the following
settings should be made for active Sniffer Portable Professional
operations:
Power Schemes Tab
- Turn off hard disks = Never
- System standby = Never
Hibernate Tab
- Enable hibernate support = Disabled
NOTE: Some laptop vendors include their own proprietary software
to perform power configuration tasks. In these cases, you may need
to make similar changes in the configuration menu provided by the
vendor.