Installation guide

Chapter 5
50 Sniffer Technologies
Using the Spectrum 24 as a Normal Network
Adapter
When the Sniffer software is connected to the Spectrum 24 wireless adapter,
the card operates in promiscuous mode and cannot participate as an active
member of the wireless LAN. However, when the Sniffer software is not
connected to the Spectrum 24, you can use the adapter to participate actively
in a wireless network.
During a normal installation of the Spectrum 24 wireless adapter on Windows
NT, 2000, and 98 SE, you are given the option of configuring settings for
normal wireless network participation (including configuring the ESSID, WEP
keys, and so on). If you did not configure these settings during the initial
installation of the adapter (or if you want to change the current settings), you
can do so as described below:
NOTE: In addition to the methods described below, you can also change
these settings using the wireless adapter’s vendor-supplied configuration
utility.
NOTE: Do not make changes to the Spectrum 24 configuration while the
Sniffer software is running.
Windows NT
1 Start the MS-Windows Network control panel by right-clicking on the
Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop and selecting the
Properties command from the menu that appears.
2 Click the Adapters tab of the Network control panel.
3 In the Adapters tab, select the entry for the Symbol Spectrum 24
adapter and click Properties.
4 Use the dialog box that appears to set parameters for normal wireless
network participation for the Spectrum 24.