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Q200910: How to Install Network Monitor in Windows 95/98

Article: Q200910
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool win95 win98
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows 98 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to install the Microsoft Network Monitor tool
(NetMon) on a computer that is running Windows 95 or Windows 98.

Network Monitor is available on the following Microsoft BackOffice CD-ROMs:

- BackOffice version 2.5 on CD-ROM 4, in the SMS12\NMext\Disk1 folder.

- BackOffice version 4.0 on CD-ROM 5, in the SMS\NMext\Disk1 folder.

- BackOffice version 4.0 on CD-ROM 6, in the SMS20\NMEXT\I386 folder

NOTE:These locations will correspond to where they are found on the respective
versions of SMS.

MORE INFORMATION
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To install Network Monitor, run the Setup program from one of the following
locations:

- From the Disk1 folder where Netmon.zip was expanded.

- From disk 1 of the three Network Monitor Setup disks.

- From the Disk1 folder in the locations mentioned above on the Back Office
  CD-ROM.

After the Setup program finishes, you are prompted to install the supporting
Network Monitor drivers. To do this:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click
  Network. (This step is necessary only if the Network Properties dialog box is
  not displayed at the end of Network Monitor Setup).

2. Click Add, double-click Protocol, and then click Have Disk.

3. Click Browse.

4. Browse to the following folder (depending on your operating system version):

   - Windows 98 CD-ROM: CD-ROM drive:\Tools\ResKit\NetAdmin\NetMon

   - Windows 95 CD-ROM: CD-ROM drive:\Admin\NetTools\NetMon

5. Click OK, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.

To ensure proper parsing of Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) packets:

1. Using a standard text editor (such as Notepad), edit the Tcpip.ini file
  located in the Parsers folder in which Network Monitor is installed. The
  default location is C:\Nm\Parsers.

2. Locate the [TCP_HandoffSet] section.

3. Locate the line containing the text "5678 = PPTP" (without the quotation
  marks). Change this to "1723 = PPTP" (without the quotation marks).

4. Save the file, and then quit Notepad.

For additional information about Network Monitor, please see the following
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q148942 How to Capture Network Traffic with Network Monitor

  Q124837 Connecting to a Remote Network Monitor Agent Across a Router

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbtool win95 win98 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbWin98search kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98
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Issue type        : kbhowto

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