MICRO WAREHOUSE VENDOR AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into as of the date of the last signature below by and
between  Micro  Warehouse,   Inc.  of  Ohio  ("Micro  Warehouse"),   a  Delaware
corporation which is a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Micro Warehouse,  Inc. of 535
Connecticut Avenue,  Norwalk, CT 06854, and Asante  Technoloqies  ("Vendor"),  a
Corporation   corporation  /  partnership  /  proprietorship   with  offices  at
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821 Fox Lane, San Jose, CA 95131 (collectively the "Parties").

Vendor grants Micro  Warehouse the  non-exclusive  right to distribute  Vendor's
line of products (the "Products") in the following Territory:  Worldwide. Vendor
warrants  that  all  Products  are new  and  comply  in all  respects  with  all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

Payment--Vendor agrees to sell  Products to Micro  Warehouse at the lowest price
and/or best  discount  that Vendor makes the  Products  available to any similar
resellers.  Payment  terms are net 30 upon receipt of Product;  Vendor will make
available to Micro Warehouse all prompt payment discounts that Vendor offers.

Price Changes--Vendor will give Micro  Warehouse  prompt written notice of any
Product price changes,  including special promotions. If Vendor raises the price
of any Product,  Vendor will honor the price quoted for all Products on order by
Micro Warehouse prior to the effective date of the change.  If Vendor lowers the
price of any Product,  Vendor will issue a credit to Micro  Warehouse's  account
equal  to the  difference  between  the  actual  purchase  price  paid by  Micro
Warehouse  and the reduced  price for all units of Product in Micro  Warehouse's
inventory or on order as of the effective  date of the change.  Vendor agrees to
keep its account  balances  with Micro  Warehouse  current  and to notify  Micro
Warehouse promptly of discrepancies in any accounts; in no event shall Vendor be
entitled  to give  notice  more  than 9 months  from the date on which the event
giving rise to any such discrepancy occurred.

Vendor  shall  notify  and  provide  Micro  Warehouse  with the  opportunity  to
participate in all  promotions,  special  pricing,  rebate,  co-op  advertising,
market  development  fund or like programs made  available by Vendor for similar
resellers.  In the event that Vendor  allocates  any Products,  Micro  Warehouse
shall be treated  equitably with respect to other purchasers of the Products and
no less favorably than any of the same,  assuming Micro  Warehouse's  account is
current.

Product Returns

         1) Stock  Balancinq/Rotation Returns--Once every month, Micro Warehouse
may return to Vendor 20% of the previous quarters purchases any quantity of new,
unopened  Product  for credit to  account.  Micro  Warehouse  may also return to
Vendor, at any time, for credit,  any quantity of new, unopened Product affected
by any version, packaging, update or other Product change.

         2) Defective  Product Returns--Micro Warehouse may return to Vendor any
defective  Product  which is returned to Micro  Warehouse  by a Micro  Warehouse
customer  ("Customer")  within 120 days of Customer's purchase date. A defective
Product is one that Customer  determines  is defective and that Micro  Warehouse
authorizes for return from Customer.

         All Product returns to Vendor, whether for  stock balancing/rotation or
defective Product, will be for credit to Micro Warehouse's account.  Vendor will
issue any requisite Return Merchandise  Authorizations  upon request. In no case
will Micro Warehouse be responsible for restocking fees for Products returned to
Vendor pursuant to this Agreement.

Freight--Micro  Warehouse  will pay for freight for all Product  shipments  from
vendor  and   vendor   will  pay  for  all  return   shipments   (except   stock
balancing/rotation returns) to Vendor. The Party responsible for freight charges
on any  shipment  will also assume the risk of loss on those goods once they are
placed within the possession of a common carrier by the sender.

Indemnities--Vendor  agrees  to  defend,   indemnify  and  hold  harmless  Micro
Warehouse,  its corporate  parent and affiliated  companies,  and the employees,
officers,  directors  and agents of each of them,  against  any and all  claims,
liabilities,  damages  and  costs,  including  reasonable  attorney's  fees  and
settlement  amounts,  arising from i) any actual or alleged  defect in a Product
supplied  by Vendor  pursuant  to this  Agreement;  ii) any  actual  or  alleged
infringement of any patent, copyright,  trademark or other intellectual property
right by a Product  supplied  by Vendor  pursuant to this  Agreement;  or iii) a
breach by Vendor of any provision of this Agreement.  Vendor's  responsibilities
under this Section shall survive termination of this Agreement.


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Term and  Termination--This  Agreement  will remain in effect until  terminated.
Either Party may terminate  this  Agreement at any time,  with or without cause,
upon 60 days written notice. Neither Party shall be responsible to the other for
any costs or damages resulting from termination.  Micro Warehouse shall have the
right to return to Vendor any quantity of Product (purchased within the previous
150 days) in its inventory as of the termination date, and receive a cash refund
from Vendor equal to the amount paid by Micro Warehouse for the Products.

General Terms:  Nothing in this  Agreement  shall be deemed to create an agency,
partnership or joint venture between the Parties. This Agreement constitutes the
entire  agreement  between the Parties and supersedes any prior  communications,
representations  or agreements of any kind.  This  Agreement may not be modified
except  in a writing  signed by both  Parties.  Inconsistent  terms on  purchase
orders,  invoices  or other  documents  shall have no effect  and are  expressly
rejected by Micro Warehouse. This Agreement shall be governed in accordance with
the  laws of the  State of  Connecticut  without  regard  to  conflicts  of laws
principles.  Failure  to  enforce or delay in  enforcing  any rights  under this
Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver or modification of such rights.

The  paragraphs of this  Agreement  captioned  "Payment" and "Freight"  will not
apply when Micro Warehouse  purchases  Products from a distributor (or any party
other than Vendor).  Otherwise all terms of this  Agreement  will govern whether
Micro Warehouse purchases Products directly from Vendor or from any third party.
Vendor will  authorize  any such party  selling  Products to Micro  Warehouse to
honor, on Vendor's  behalf,  all other terms which have been agreed to by Vendor
herein.

Micro Warehouse, Inc. will second source Distribution on any items not available
directly from Asante.

The Parties  acknowledge that they have read this Agreement,  understand it, and
agree to be bound by its terms.

Micro Warehouse, Inc. of Ohio           Vendor: Asante Technologies Inc.
                                        
By:                                     By:  /s/ Steve Hess
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     Authorized Signature                    Authorized Signature          

                                             STEVE HESS
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     Name (Type or print)                    Name (Type or print)          

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