Asante Technologies ASANTE MacCon Family Ethernet Network Cards for the Macintosh - Manual (Page 40)

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Chapter 3
Asanté SNMP MacAgent
Introduction
Asanté SNMP MacAgent provides hardware and software information
from a Macintosh to an Asanté network management station running
AsantéView. It works in conjunction with Apple’s MacTCP software.
The SNMP MacAgent is a system extension under System 7 and an
INIT under System 6 and can be installed on any Macintosh on the
network.
Asanté SNMP MacAgent is tailored for Asanté adapter cards; there-
fore, it provides more extensive SNMP object information than for
non-Asanté cards.
Asanté SNMP MacAgent and MacTCP are included with your Asanté
EtherTalk Installer diskette.
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Note: MacTCP is Apple Computer’s TCP/IP software. It pro-
vides the transport mechanism for accessing the information
provided by the Asanté SNMP MacAgent.
TCP/IP Protocol Stack
TCP/IP refers to a collection of network protocols that support host
to host communication. The TCP/IP protocol family is an industry stan-
dard developed by the United States Department of Defense.
IP Addressing
To connect to an IP network you must obtain an IP address, which
identifies an individual node in a TCP/IP network. IP addresses can be
officially assigned by the Internet committee for world-wide access
over the Internet, or by your network administrator for communica-
tion over a local TCP/IP network. It is the responsibility of the network
administrator to assign IP addresses. You must have an IP address
before you install SNMP MacAgent and MacTCP.
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