Installing the Network Emulation Driver

The network emulation driver is required for packet loss and latency simulation. It is not required for network bandwidth simulation.

  1. Open an elevated command prompt: right-click the command prompt and click Run as administrator.
  2. Navigate to the Silk Performer installation folder by entering a string that resembles the following: c:\> cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\Silk\Silk Performer 21.0\NetworkDriver"
  3. Enter the following command ...
    • to install the network emulation driver: installNetworkDriver.exe -i netipfw.inf
    • to uninstall the network emulation driver: installNetworkDriver.exe -u
Note: During installation and uninstallation of the network emulation driver, the network will be disconnected for a moment.
Note: The network emulation driver is not compatible with all network adapters. In such a case, machines or network interfaces might no longer be accessible and the network might slow down.
Note: The network emulation driver does not support Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and 2019.