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Contents
1.
ADAPTER MAIN FEATURES .............................................................................................................................. 5
PROATM
F
AMILY
M
ODELS
.......................................................................................................................................... 5
D
RIVERS AND
S
OFTWARE
............................................................................................................................................ 7
F
IBER
C
ONNECTOR AND
LED'
S
..................................................................................................................................... 7
2.
INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON WINDOWS 2000/XP ....................................................................................... 8
I
NSTALLING THE
NDIS5
M
INIPORT DRIVER
...................................................................................................................... 8
V
ERIFYING THE
I
NSTALLATION
....................................................................................................................................... 8
RFC2684 ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
PPP
O
A
AND
PPP
O
E(
O
A) ........................................................................................................................................... 8
S
ETTING
U
P
IP
OVER
ATM
FOR A
PVC-O
NLY
E
NVIRONMENT
............................................................................................ 8
Enabling IP over ATM: ......................................................................................................................... 8
Assigning the IP address to the computer: ............................................................................................ 9
Configuring the ATMARP Client for PVC's only: .................................................................................. 9
3.
INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON WINDOWS XP / VISTA / 7 / 8 ........................................................................10
P
LATFORMS AND
Q
UALITY OF
S
ERVICE
..........................................................................................................................10
I
NSTALLING
PROATM-WDM .....................................................................................................................................10
PROATM
M
ANAGER
.................................................................................................................................................10
PROATM-WDM
D
RIVER
...........................................................................................................................................11
M
INIPORT
E
THERNET
D
RIVER
......................................................................................................................................11
Virtual Ethernet Adapters ....................................................................................................................11
Setting Up an Ethernet Virtual NIC: ....................................................................................................11
IP Addresses ........................................................................................................................................11
4.
INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON LINUX ...........................................................................................................12
C
OMPILING THE
L
INUX
D
RIVER
.....................................................................................................................................12
ATM
FOR
L
INUX
........................................................................................................................................................12
BR
2684 ...................................................................................................................................................................12
PPP
O
A
AND
PPP
O
E(
O
A) ..........................................................................................................................................12
F
AST
B
ACK
-
TO
-
BACK
PVC
C
ONNECTION
.......................................................................................................................13
5.
INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON FREEBSD .....................................................................................................14
6.
TESTING THE ADAPTER ..................................................................................................................................15
7.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND REPAIR ...............................................................................................................16
C
ALLING FOR
A
SSISTANCE
..........................................................................................................................................16
R
ETURNING AN
A
DAPTER FOR
R
EPAIR
...........................................................................................................................16
8.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................17
APPENDIX: ATM TECHNOLOGY ..............................................................................................................................18
BASICS ..................................................................................................................................................................18
Cells ....................................................................................................................................................18
Virtual Circuits ....................................................................................................................................18
Signaling Protocols .............................................................................................................................18
The ATM Model ...................................................................................................................................18
Traffic Classes .....................................................................................................................................19
ATM
WITH
T
RADITIONAL
LAN
S
....................................................................................................................................19
Classical IP over ATM (RFC1577) ......................................................................................................20
LAN Emulation (LANE) .......................................................................................................................20
RFC2684
B
RIDGE
....................................................................................................................................................21
ATM GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................................................................22
