Configuring Network Monitor Driver

You can configure options for Network Monitor by defining properties for the Network Monitor protocol driver. For information about using the Network Monitor driver to display system performance statistics, see Chapter 17, "Performance Tuning."

To configure the Microsoft Network Monitor protocol driver

  1. Make sure that the Network Monitor agent is not running and that System Monitor is not monitoring the performance statistics provided by the Network Monitor driver.
  2. In the Network option in Control Panel, double-click Microsoft Network Monitor Driver.
  3. In the Microsoft Network Monitor Driver Properties dialog box, click the Password tab. You can define the password that users must specify to capture data, view capture files, or access the computer remotely. The following options are available:
    • If you want to change any password that has been previously defined, type a password in the Old Capture Password area.
    • If you want to define a password to restrict users to viewing only previously saved capture files by using the Network Monitor application, type a password in the Display Password area.
    • If you want to define a password to authorize users to connect to the computer and capture files by using the Microsoft Network Monitor application, type a password in the Capture Password area. You can define only one password for all network adapters on a computer with multiple adapters.
    • If you want to allow free access to the computer by anyone running the Network Monitor application, then make sure No Password is checked.
  4. If the computer has more than one network adapter, click the Describe tab, and then click the network adapter you want to monitor.

    You can also define a description for each network adapter in this dialog box, so that administrator running the Network Monitor application can determine which adapter to select.

  5. Click the Advanced tab. In the Value box, type the user name that will be shown when an administrator running the Network Monitor application selects the Identify Network Monitor Users command.

    This additional information, which is similar to a comment, does not get updated or changed if another user logs on to this computer.

    Note The settings on the Bindings tab have no effect.