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Chapter 7
72 Sniffer Technologies
If the driver for the wireless adapter does not appear in this format,
you will need to repeat the installation procedure to install the
driver.
18 At this point, the Proxim 802.11a wireless adapter should be installed
with the Network General driver in Windows 2000. See Creating a Local
Agent to Use the Wireless LAN Adapter on page 79 to create a new local
agent in the Sniffer software to use the adapter.
Using the Proxim 802.11a Adapter as a Normal
Network Adapter
When the Sniffer software is connected to a Proxim 802.11a 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 a Proxim 802.11a card, you can use the adapter to participate
actively in a wireless network.
You can configure a Proxim 802.11a card for normal wireless network
participation (including configuring the ESSID, WEP keys, and so on).
Windows XP
For Windows XP, you can configure a Proxim 802.11a adapter for normal
wireless network participation in three different ways:
Using Windows XP’s built-in tools for automatic wireless network
management on the Wireless Networks tab of the Connection
Properties dialog box (if the Use Windows to configure my wireless
network settings option found there is enabled).
This is the easiest way to configure client settings for the Proxim
802.11a adapter.
Using the manual options on the Advanced tab of the Connection
Properties dialog box (if the Use Windows to configure my wireless
network settings option on the Wireless Networks tab is disabled).
Using Proxim’s supplied configuration utility. For the Proxim Harmony
card, the Enabled Harmony Configuration (Disable Windows XP
Settings) option on the Harmony Utility’s Configuration tab is
checked.
The following procedure explains how to use either Windows XP’s automatic
or manual configuration capabilities. For information on Proxim’s utility, see
the Proxim documentation for your specific adapter.