Asante Technologies 10NIC-PCITM - Manual (Page 37)

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Overview
Using the Diagnostic Program
The diagnostic program runs diagnostic tests to help you identify problems
on the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter.
Power Macintosh Diagnostic Program
To run the diagnostic program, you must first unload the Asanté 10NIC-PCI
adapter’s driver by “deselecting” the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter card.
To do this, follow the instructions below.
1 Open the Apple Menu and select Control Panels .
2 Select AppleTalk from the Control Panels submenu.
The AppleTalk control panel appears.
3 Click on the Connect Via: drop-down menu.
4 Select Printer port and close the AppleTalk control panel
by clicking on the close box.
A dialog box appears asking whether you want to save
changes.
5 Click Save.
6 Insert the Asanté Driver Disk into the floppy drive and dou-
ble-click the diskette icon to open it. See Figure 3-1 in
Chapter 3.
7 Double-click the Power Macintosh folder icon.
8 Double-click the Utility.sea icon.
You will be asked where to save a Utility Folder .
9 Save the Utility Folder to your computer’s hard disk.
10 After the Utility Folder is “unstuffed”, open the Utility
Folder by double-clicking it.
11 Double-click the AsantéNIC-PCI Troubleshooter icon to
start the program.
12 Click the OK button in the Troubleshooter startup screen.
The Troubleshooter loads and displays the main window
with the following tests:
❏ Loopback Test — verifies the operation of the network
interface circuitry and the adapter by transmitting and
receiving special packets.