ASANTe ENTERS FAST ETHERNET RACE WITH THE FIRST STACKABLE 100BASE-TX HUB
AND FIRST PCI 10/100 ADAPTER TO SUPPORT BOTH PC AND MACINTOSH PLATFORMS

SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 20, 1995 -- ASANTe TECHNOLOGIES INC. (NASDAQ: ASNT)
TODAY ANNOUNCED AN AGGRESSIVE ENTRY INTO THE FAST ETHERNET ARENA WITH THE
LAUNCH OF ASANTe FAST 100BASE-TX PCI CARDS AND ASANTeFAST 100BASE-TX FAST
ETHERNET HUB.

ASANTe, WITH SIX YEARS OF LEADERSHIP IN ETHERNET SOLUTIONS, ENTERS THE FAST
ETHERNET MARKET WITH THE FIRST FAST ETHERNET PCI ADAPTER CARDS TO SUPPORT
BOTH PC AND MACINTOSH PLATFORMS TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST STACKABLE
100BASE-TX HUB.

ASANTe HAS DEVELOPED FAST ETHERNET SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS
OF SPEED-AND BANDWIDTH-INTENSIVE WORKGROUP AND DEPARTMENTAL APPLICATIONS
SUCH AS DESKTOP PUBLISHING, COMMERCIAL PRE-PRESS OPERATIONS, DIGITAL VIDEO
PROCESSING, GRAPHIC-INTENSIVE MODELING AND MEDICAL IMAGING.

"FAST ETHERNET IS A NATURAL EVOLUTION OF NETWORK TECHNOLOGY AND WE EXPECT
TO SEE RAPID GROWTH IN THIS MARKET," SAID BRUCE STANCOMBE, DIRECTOR OF
PRODUCT MARKETING AT ASANTe. RAPIDLY INCREASING NETWORK TRAFFIC AND
APPLICATIONS THAT REQUIRE LARGE CHUNKS OF BANDWIDTH ARE DRIVING CUSTOMERS
TOWARD FAST ETHERNET. ASANTe'S KNOWLEDGE OF THESE CUSTOMER NEEDS HAS
RESULTED IN PRODUCT DESIGNS THAT SIMPLIFY THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF THIS
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY WHILE ALSO MAKING IT A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR
TODAY," STANCOMBE ADDED.

ASANTe'S PRODUCTS ARE THE ANSWER TO THE UNIQUE FAST ETHERNET NEEDS OF
DEPARTMENTS AND WORKGROUPS. THOSE NEEDS INCLUDE EASE OF MIGRATION AND
FLEXIBILITY. WITH ASANTeS ASANTeFAST SOLUTIONS, CUSTOMERS CAN MIGRATE
THEIR NETWORKS AT THEIR OWN PACE BECAUSE THE NEW ASANTeFAST 10/100
ADAPTERS SUPPORT BOTH 10MBPS AND 100MBPS WITH PLUG-AND-PLAY CONVENIENCE.
AND WITH THE NEW ASANTeFAST 100 STACKABLE HUB, CUSTOMERS HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY TO GROW THEIR FAST ETHERNET NETWORKS GRADUALLY AS ADDITIONAL
NODES ARE NEEDED. BY SUPPORTING BOTH PC AND MACINTOSH PLATFORMS OUT OF A
SINGLE BOX, ASANTe'S FAST ETHERNET PCI ADAPTERS PROVIDE ENHANCED
FLEXIBILITY.

AS A MEMBER OF THE FAST ETHERNET ALLIANCE (FEA), AN ORGANIZATION FORMED IN
1993 TO FOSTER STANDARDIZATION AND INTEROPERABILITY OF FAST ETHERNET
SOLUTIONS, ASANTe HAS BEEN A KEY PARTICIPANT IN THE EVOLUTION OF FAST
ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY. ASANTe WILL PARTICIPATE IN A DEMONSTRATION OF
100BASE-T PRODUCTS IN AN FEA BOOTH AT SPRING NETWORLD+INTEROP IN LAS
VEGAS, MARCH 28-30. ASANTe'S FAST ETHERNET PRODUCTS WILL ALSO BE ON
DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATED AT ASANTe'S EXHIBIT BOOTH #1002 AT THE SHOW.

PRODUCT FEATURES

ASANTe IS THE FIRST TO OFFER THE ASANTEFAST 10/100 ADAPTERS WITH NWAY
AUTO-NEGOTIATION SUPPORT, ALLOWING INSTANT, TROUBLE-FREE MIGRATION FROM 10
TO 100MBPS NETWORKING OVER EXISTING UTP CATEGORY 5 WIRING. AT EITHER
SPEED, NO CHANGES ARE NEEDED AT THE DESKTOP, BECAUSE THE ASANTeFAST
ADAPTERS AUTOMATICALLY NEGOTIATES THE APPROPRIATE NETWORK CONNECTION.

THE ASANTeFAST 10/100 PCI ADAPTER IS SMALLER THAN A HALF-SIZE PCI CARD AND
FITS INTO ANY PCI SLOT AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING ITSELF WITHOUT USER
INTERVENTION. ITS 32-BIT BUS MASTERING OPERATION ALLOWS MAXIMUM THROUGHPUT
AND EXTREMELY LOW CPU UTILIZATION. FOUR CONVENIENT LEDS ALLOW INSTANT
TROUBLESHOOTING. IN ADDITION TO ITS 10/100 PCI CARD, ASANTE WILL ALSO BE
OFFERING AN ASANTEFAST 10/100 NUBUS CARD LATER IN THE YEAR FOR UNDER
$399.

ALL POPULAR LAN OPERATING SYSTEMS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE ASANTeFAST 10/100
ADAPTER, INCLUDING NOVELL NETWARE, APPLESHARE, MICROSOFT WINDOWS FOR
WORKGROUPS, WINDOWS NT, LAN MANAGER, BANYAN VINES, ARTISOFT LANTASTIC, IBM
LAN SERVER, DEC PATHWORKS AND TCP/IP.

ASANTe'S NEW ASANTeFAST 100 HUB IS THE FIRST STACKABLE 100BASE-TX HUB ON
THE MARKET. THE ASANTeFAST 100 HUB IS A PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT 12-PORT
STACKABLE HUB WHICH ALLOWS SIMPLE INSTALLATION USING EXISTING UNSHIELDED
TWISTED PAIR CATEGORY 5 WIRING. THE HUB FEATURES HIGH-PERFORMANCE,
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR VLSI CHIPS AND IS THE FIRST HUB TO SUPPORT NWAY
AUTO-NEGOTIATION FOR TROUBLE-FREE MIGRATION TO FAST ETHERNET. SETUP IS
ACCOMPLISHED IN MINUTES WITH NO JUMPERS, NO SWITCHES AND NO INSTALLATION
SOFTWARE REQUIRED.

BOTH ASANTeFAST ADAPTERS AND HUB FROM ASANTe ARE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH
APPROPRIATE IEEE FAST ETHERNET STANDARDS AND ARE BACKED BY ASANTe'S UNIQUE
LIFETIME PRODUCT WARRANTY AND FREE TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

PRICE AND AVALIABILITY

Product           Description                    Price      Available
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ASANTeFAST        10/100 PCI Adapter            $  269      April '95
ASANTeFAST        100Mpbs Hubs                  $ 1995       June '95

ABOUT ASANTe

FOUNDED IN 1988, ASANTe TECHNOLOGIES INC. MANUFACTURES, MARKETS AND
DISTRIBUTES A FULL LINE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKING PRODUCTS FOR
ETHERNET NETWORKS, INCLUDING ADAPTER CARDS FOR BOTH PCS AND MACS,
INTELLIGENT AND NON-INTELLIGENT 10BASE-T AND 100BASE-T HUBS AND NETWORK
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. ASANTe PRODUCTS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN NORTH AMERICA BY
INGRAM MICRO INC., MERISEL INC., TECH DATA CORP., GATES/ARROW, MICROAGE,
INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS AND GBC/VITEK. ASANTe PRODUCTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
WORLDWIDE THROUGH A NETWORK OF VALUE-ADDED INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS.
ASANTe TECHNOLOGIES IS LOCATED AT 821 FOX LANE, SAN JOSE, CA 95131. PHONE:
800-662-9686 OR 408-435-8388.

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