Installation guide

Wireless Guide 5
Introducing Wireless Functionality
Overview of Installing the Wireless Adapters
and Drivers
The wireless analysis software is included as part of the general Sniffer
Portable release. Installing the Sniffer software will install the wireless
functionality.
After installing the Sniffer software, install one of the wireless LAN adapter
cards supported by the Sniffer software along with its corresponding Network
General driver. This step is performed differently depending on your adapter
and operating system. Separate procedures are provided for the Atheros a/b/g
chip-based cards on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, as well as for the
ORiNOCO Gold, Spectrum 24, Cisco Aironet, and Proxim Harmony on
Windows NT, Windows XP and Windows 2000.
After installing the Sniffer software, the wireless adapter card, and the
supported driver, start the Sniffer software and create a new “local agent” for
the wireless LAN adapter. See Creating a Local Agent to Use the Wireless
LAN Adapter on page 79.
IMPORTANT: You must reinstall any existing installed Sniffer Technologies
drivers to receive the benefits of the updated software!
Notes on Upgrading from Sniffer Portable 4.7 or
4.7.5
If you are upgrading your Sniffer Portable installation to 4.8, after upgrading
from 4.7 or 4.7.5, the miniport driver for all existing WLAN adapters needs to
be updated.