How to start Network Packet Sensor as a service in Windows
- Open Services in taskbar and double click ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor that you intend to start.
- Click the Start button.

Once the steps are complete, ManageEngine Network Sensor will start running on the device.
How to stop Network Packet Sensor as a service in Windows
- Open Services in taskbar and double click ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor that you intend to stop.
- Click the Stop button.

Once the steps are complete, ManageEngine Network Sensor will stop running on the device.
How to uninstall Network Packet Sensor as a service in Windows
- Open Control Panel and navigate to Add/Remove programs in which Network Packet Sensor is listed.
- Click the ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor program and click Uninstall or right click on the ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor program and click Uninstall.

Once the steps are complete ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor will be uninstalled from the device.

How to start Network Packet Sensor as service in Linux
- Open the installed folder PacketSensor /bin directory.
- Execute the following command ./SensorService start.

Network Packet Sensor will now start as a service.
How to stop Network Packet Sensor as a service in Linux
- Open the installed folder PacketSensor /bin directory.
- Execute the following command ./SensorService stop.

Network Packet Sensor will now stop as a service.
How to uninstall Network Packet Sensor as a service in Linux
- Open installed folder PacketSensor /bin directory.
- Type the following command ./SensorService stop and type Delete the folder.

Network Packet Sensor will be removed from your device.
How to change the selected NIC for Windows/ Linux
- Stop the ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor.
- Navigate to PacketSensor/conf/EthernetAvailable.txt to check for available NICs.
- Navigate to PacketSensor/conf/sensor/conf.Properties and edit the SENSOR_NIC param and save the file.
- Start the ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor service.
How to change the selected NetFlow Analyzer Host Name in Network Packet Sensor installation
- Stop the ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor service.
- Navigate to PacketSensor/conf/sensor/Conf.Properties and edit NFA_HOST_NAME param with NFA host name ( as mentioned in SSL certificate of NFA server) and save the file.
- Start the ManageEngine Network Packet Sensor service.