Installation guide

Installation Guide 1
1
Installing Sniffer Portable
Overview
This chapter provides the system requirements, installation instructions, and
upgrade instructions for the Sniffer Portable software, and introduces the
Network General supported adapters and enhanced drivers.
 System Requirements on page 1
 Before Installing Sniffer Portable on page 3
 Uninstalling Previous Versions of Sniffer Portable on page 4
 Installing Sniffer Portable on page 5
 Supported Adapters and Sniffer Enhanced Drivers on page 11
System Requirements
Table 1-1 lists the minimum recommended hardware and third-party software
requirements to run Sniffer Portable.
Table 1-1. Sniffer Portable System Requirements
Item Requirement
Computer Pentium IV running at 733 MHz or better (All Supported Operating Systems)
Pentium III running at 600 MHz or better (All Supported Operating Systems)
256 MB RAM Minimum System Memory (All Supported Operating Systems)
150 MB or more of free hard drive space (All Supported Operating Systems)
CD-ROM Drive
Operating
System
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with SP 2
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Server & Workstation) with SP 6a and Security Rollup
Package (SRP)
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Professional & Advanced Server) w/ SP 4
Monitor VGA color monitor with 800x600 resolution (with 256 color support or updated VGA
driver)
Adapter Card Network adapter card configured with an IP address and connected to the network (see
Supported Adapters and Sniffer Enhanced Drivers on page 11).
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