Installation guide
Chapter 4
30 Sniffer Portable
Installing Madge Adapters and Enhanced Drivers
The instructions provided in this section detail installing supported Madge 
adapters and enhanced drivers for PII, PIII and FlexPAC systems. 
Windows NT
The Madge adapters and the Sniffer enhanced drivers for Windows NT are not 
plug and play and must be manually installed. The Madge enhanced drivers 
are placed in the <local install drive>: \Program Files\Nai\SnifferNT\ 
Driver\en\TRMadge directory during the Sniffer Portable installation.
NOTE: See Installing Madge PCI Adapters and Enhanced Drivers on page 39 for 
instructions on installing Madge PCI adapters and enhanced drivers on 
Windows NT, and 
Installing Madge PCMCIA and CardBus Adapters and 
Enhanced Drivers on page 40 for instructions on installing Madge PCMCIA and 
CardBus adapters and enhanced drivers on Windows NT.
To install Madge ISA adapters and enhanced drivers on Windows NT:
1 Ensure Sniffer Portable software is installed. If it is not installed, install 
it now.
2 If you have a previously installed driver (a previous version of a Sniffer 
driver or another vendor’s driver), you must first uninstall the driver 
before installing the Sniffer enhanced driver. Remove drivers in 
Windows NT through the Adapters tab of the Network control panel.
3 Shut down the computer.
4 Following the manufacturer’s instructions, insert the supported adapter 
into an available slot in your computer.
5 Start the computer and log in to Windows NT as an Administrator.
6 Go to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools (Common) > Windows 
NT Diagnostics.
7 In the Windows NT Diagnostics dialog box, click the Resources tab. 
The interrupt numbers currently in use on the computer are listed.
8 Choose an available IRQ and record the number for later use.
9 Click I/O Port in the Windows NT Diagnostics dialog. The I/O 
addresses currently in use on the computer are listed. 
NOTE: The Madge ISA card only supports the following I/O locations: 
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