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Asanté Desktop EN/SC Adapters User’s Manual
Once you have connected the adapter to the network, you are
ready to install the EtherTalk software.
Installing EtherTalk software
An EtherTalk Installer diskette is included with your Asanté Desk-
top EN/SC Adapter. This diskette contains Asanté’s EtherTalk
driver, AppleTalk and other Apple system extensions. Asanté’s
EtherTalk device driver allows AppleTalk to communicate with
the EN/SC Adapter
.
Two types of software installations
Asanté provides two types of installation—
Easy Install
and
Cus-
tomize
Install
. To perform the customize install, you should be
experienced in network administration.
For detailed information about each installation, click the
Help
button to display a help screen. The following table explains
which installation to choose
:
Before you install Asanté’s EtherTalk software, disable all exten-
sions and virus detection programs, then restart your Macintosh.
Choose
When
Easy Install
• You want to install the AppleTalk version that is
on the diskette and the Asanté Ethernet driver.
• Your network does not present any potential
compatibility problems with the AppleTalk ver-
sion on the diskette.
• You want access to EtherTalk Phase 2 network
services.
Customize
Install
• Your network has software that may conflict
with the AppleTalk version on the diskette.
• You want to install only specific parts of the
Apple network software or just the Asanté
driver software. Read the
Read Me First
file for
more information about special situations and
installation options.
• You need to install EtherTalk Phase 1 network
services.
