NoteNetwork Monitor is composed of an administrative tool called Network Monitor and a network protocol called the Network Monitor driver. Both of these components must be installed in order for you to capture, display, and analyze network packets (also called frames).
You use Network Monitor to capture and display the frames that a computer running Windows 2000 Server receives from a local area network (LAN). Network administrators can use Network Monitor to detect and troubleshoot networking problems that the local computer may experience. Network Monitor can be installed only on computers running Windows 2000 Server. When you install Network Monitor, the Network Monitor Driver is installed automatically on the same computer.
For instructions on installing Network Monitor, see To install Network Monitor
The Network Monitor driver enables Network Monitor to receive frames from a network adapter, and allows users of the version of Network Monitor provided with Microsoft Systems Management Server (Systems Management Server Network Monitor) to capture and display frames from a remote computer, including those with a dial-up network connection. When the user of a computer running the Systems Management Server Network Monitor connects remotely to a computer on which the Network Monitor driver has been installed, and that user initiates a capture, statistics from the capture are transferred over the network to the managing computer. The Network Monitor driver can be installed only on computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server.
For instructions on installing the Network Monitor driver, see To install Network Monitor driver
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