Installation guide

Installation Guide 3
Installing Sniffer Portable
Before Installing Sniffer Portable
The Sniffer Portable Application CD includes the software you need to get
started using Sniffer Portable. Before installing Sniffer Portable, review the
following installation notes:
 For Windows XP and NT: To install the Sniffer Portable software on a
Windows XP or NT system, you must have system administrator (sa)
privileges.
 For IBM Thinkpad laptop users: Sniffer Portable supports the Intel
(R) PRO + miniPCI Adapter card. Before you install Sniffer Portable, we
recommend updating the latest BIOS for your laptop, then downloading
and installing the latest Intel driver to minimize Sniffer Portable
installation issues. With the Intel (R) PRO + miniPCI Adapter card, no
additional Sniffer enhanced driver is necessary.
Notes on Installing on top of Sniffer Portable 4.7.5
Unlike earlier versions of the Sniffer Portable software, Sniffer Portable 4.8 can
be installed directly over any existing 4.7.5 version of Sniffer Portable. The
procedure is described in Installing Sniffer Portable on page 5 . Before
performing such an installation, however, you should be aware that you must
update existing Network General enhanced drivers to gain the benefits of the
new release.
IMPORTANT: If your current installation is a version prior to 4.7.5 (including
4.7), uninstall the earlier version of the software before installing 4.8. If you
install this release of Sniffer Portable on top of an existing Sniffer Portable
installation, you must update the Network General drivers for any adapter
cards supported by this release of Sniffer Portable to receive the benefits of
the updated software!
Installing Adapters and Sniffer Enhanced Drivers on page
19describes how to update existing Network General drivers.
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