Installation guide

Chapter 2

8 Sniffer Technologies

To install the 802.11a/b/g adapter and driver in Windows XP:

1 After installing the Sniffer software, log into Windows XP as an

Administrator.

2 Insert the 802.11a/b/g based wireless card in an available card slot or

PCMCIA slot on the target machine. Windows XP will automatically

detect the new card and install its native device driver.

NOTE: If Windows XP does not install the device driver for the wireless

card, then install the original driver from the CD provided by the vendor

of the wireless card.

Open the Network Connections folder through Start > Control Panel >

Network Connections.

4 Right-click the Wireless Network Connection entry associated with the

802.11a/b/g adapter and select Properties.

5 Click Configure in the Wireless Network Connections Properties

dialog box to open the Adapter Properties dialog box for the

802.11a/b/g adapter.

6 Click the Driver tab.

7 Click Update Driver to open the Hardware Update Wizard.

8 Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click

Next.

9 Select the Don’t search option and click Next.

10 Click Have Disk.

11 In the Install from Disk dialog box, click Browse and navigate to the

Atheros.ABG\ WinXP subdirectory where the driver files for the

802.11a/b/g adapter are installed.

NOTE: The location for Sniffer Portable drivers is C:\Program

Files\NAI\SnifferNT\Driver\en\Atheros.ABG\WinXP.

Click OK in the Install from Disk dialog box.

13 If the operating system is configured to alert you to unsigned drivers, a

dialog box will appear warning you that you are about to install a driver

that has not been verified by Microsoft Corporation. Click Continue

Anyway to continue the installation.