Installing Asanté MacCon Cards 2-25
1Connect the “T” connector to the BNC port on the card. The
connector slips on, twists, and locks in place.
2If the Macintosh is the last node, terminate one end of the
“T” connector using a 50-ohm BNC terminator (for thin ca-
ble).
With thick Ethernet cabling
1Connect a drop cable to the thick Ethernet cable:
2Plug one end of the drop cable into the AUI port on the
card.
3Plug the other end into the thick Ethernet transceiver.

Installing the EtherTalk Software

An EtherTalk Installer diskette is included with each Asanté MacCon
Ethernet 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 MacCon
adapter.

Two Types of Software Installations

Asanté provides two types of installations–an easy install or a cus-
tomize install. You should be e xperienced in network administration
to perform the customize install.
For detailed information about each installation, click the Help but-
ton to display a help screen.