Installation guide
Wireless Guide 35
Installing the Enterasys Adapter / Driver
Using the Enterasys RoamAbout as a Normal
Network Adapter
When the Sniffer software is connected to the Enterasys RoamAbout 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 Enterasys RoamAbout, you can use the adapter to
participate actively in a wireless network.
During a normal installation of the Enterasys RoamAbout wireless adapter,
you are given the option of configuring a profile 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 are a Windows 2000 user), you can configure them later in either of the
following ways. However, do not make changes to the Enterasys
RoamAbout’s configuration while the Sniffer software is running.
Using the Wireless Network option in the Control Panel.
Using the wireless adapter’s vendor-supplied configuration utility.
See the Enterasys RoamAbout documentation for details.
NOTE: For Windows XP, use the Wireless Network tab in the Wireless
Network Connection Properties dialog box to set wireless network
participation parameters.