System information

6 Installing Observer
5. Next, setup will ask if you want to install Observer, Advanced Probe, or RMON
Probe. Select Observer.
6. Setup will ask where to copy the Observer files. Unless you have a specific
reason to install Observer elsewhere, we suggest that you install Observer in this
default destination.
7. Setup will copy the Observer files onto your PC.
Probe Installation
For instructions on Probe installation, see the Network Instruments’ Probe manual.
Ethernet Errors By Station and NIC Driver
Installation
To view and process Ethernet station errors, Observer requires that you use a driver
for your network adapter card that has been modified to pass error packets to the
Observer application.
Normally, NDIS drivers only keep track of the number of error packets
seen on a network. The NDIS driver does not process or pass the error