Observer User Manual Addendum 802.11b Wireless Installation & Operation

Network Instruments Custom Driver Installation
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10. Choose the appropriate analyzerdriver with the “NI” prefix (“NI/Nortel
Networks e-mobility 802.11b Wireless LAN PC Card,” for example) and
click Next.*
The Wizard informs you that the driver lacks a Microsoft digital
signature:
11. Click Yes. Network Instruments has tested the driver and verified that it
works with Windows and with Observer. When the installation is
complete, click Finish to close the Wizard.
Note that you can switch wireless operation between analyzer (i.e.,
“promiscuous”) mode and standard NIC mode without re-installing the
driver.
*The table below shows what driver to select for each of the supported
wireless NICs:
NIC Analyzer Driver
Symbol Spectrum24 - 41x1 models
NI/Symbol LA-41x1 [or 41x3]
Spectrum24 Wireless LAN PCMCIA [or
PCI] Card Driver
Nortel 41x1 models
NI/Nortel Networks e-mobility 802.11b
Wireless LAN PC [or PCI] Card Driver
Cisco Aironet 340-350 series models
NI/Cisco Systems 340 [or 350] Series
PCMCIA [or PCI] Wireless LAN Adapter
Intel 2011b models
NI/Intel(R) PRO/Wireless [or PRO/11
Wireless] 2011 LAN PC [or PCI] Card
Driver