Power Macintosh Diagnostic Program

Using the Diagnostic Program

If a test fails, check that the adapter is seated properly in a PCI bus-mastering slot or try installing the adapter in a different PCI slot and run the tests again.

8 Press any key to return to the menu option screen.

To use the Adapter Status menu command to display the adapter conﬁguration information follow the procedure below, other- wise, continue to step 11.

Select Adapter Status and press Enter.

The diagnostic program reads the conﬁguration information from the adapter and displays this information on the screen.

ΔNote: For AsantéFAST 10/100 only, if the Network Speed status is shown as Unknown, it may be that the network cable is not connected, or the network cable is bad.

Press any key to return to the menu option screen.

Select Exit to DOS and press Enter.

To run the diagnostic program on your Power Macintosh, follow the proce- dure below.

1	Select Control Panels from the Apple Menu and select AppleTalk
	from the Control Panels submenu.
	The AppleTalk control panel appears.
2	Click the Connect Via: dropdown list box showing available com-
	munication connections.
3	Select Printer port and close the AppleTalk control panel by
	clicking on the close box.
4	Click Save to save changes.
5	Insert the Asanté Driver Disk into ﬂoppy drive and double-click
	the diskette icon to open it.

Double-click the Power Macintosh folder icon.

Double-click the Utility Folder icon.

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10/100 specifications

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