Installation guide

Installation Guide v
Preface
Sniffer® Portable is a powerful network analysis tool that enables you to
monitor and troubleshoot your network. This document describes the system
requirements and installation procedures for Sniffer Portable, including:
 Installing Sniffer Portable on page 1
 Authorizing Sniffer Portable on page 13
 Installing Adapters and Sniffer Enhanced Drivers on page 19
 Installing Madge Adapters and Enhanced Drivers on page 29
Audience
This guide is designed and produced for Network Administrators, Network
Engineers, and Information Technology Managers who are responsible for
monitoring, capturing, and analyzing data from their corporate networks.
In addition, this guide will help other networking professionals with installation,
connection, and configuration tasks required to establish connection to a
Network General™ product on your network.
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Source Contents
Sniffer Portable Installation
Guide
Provides the system requirements and installation
instructions for Sniffer Portable and Sniffer Portable
enhanced drivers.
Sniffer Portable User’s
Guide
Provides a comprehensive overview of all Sniffer
Portable features.
Sniffer Portable Expert
Alarms Reference Guide
Describes each of the alarms generated by Sniffer
Portable’s Expert analyzer, along with their related
thresholds.
Switch Expert Guide Describes how to connect and configure Sniffer
Portable to use Switch Expert features.
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