Installation guide

Wireless Guide 29
Installing the Enterasys Adapter / Driver
The Wizard installs the selected driver. During installation, you
may see the error message shown in Figure 4-3 if the Client
Manager software is not installed. You can safely ignore this
message. The Client Manager can be installed later.
Figure 4-3. Client Manager Warning
l Click Close on the Network control panel.
The system installs the card according to your settings and
updates the bindings.
m When installation finishes, the system prompts you to configure
the TCP/IP properties for the Enterasys RoamAbout adapter (if
TCP/IP is bound to it).
Binding TCP/IP to the Enterasys RoamAbout adapter is not
required for the Sniffer software. However, to use the Enterasys
RoamAbout adapter for normal wireless LAN operations, you
must set the TCP/IP properties to match your network. Click OK
when you have finished.
n Click Yes to restart the computer when prompted.
8 Verify that the correct driver is installed by examining its entry in the
Adapters tab of the Network control panel:
a Start the Windows Network control panel by right-clicking
Network Neighborhood and selecting Properties.
b Click the Adapters tab.
c In the Adapters tab, verify that the driver for the wireless adapter
appears in the following format:.
Sniffer (vendor name) - card description
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.
9 At this point, the Enterasys RoamAbout wireless adapter should be
installed with the Network General driver in Windows NT. Turn to
Creating Local Agents for Wireless LAN Adapters on page 79 to create
a new local agent in the Sniffer software to use the adapter.