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1. ADAPTER MAIN FEATURES .............................................................................................................................. 5
PROATM FAMILY MODELS .......................................................................................................................................... 5
DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................ 7
FIBER CONNECTOR AND LED'S ..................................................................................................................................... 7
2. INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON WINDOWS 2000/XP ....................................................................................... 8
INSTALLING THE NDIS5 MINIPORT DRIVER ...................................................................................................................... 8
VERIFYING THE INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................................... 8
RFC2684 ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
PPPOA AND PPPOE(OA) ........................................................................................................................................... 8
SETTING UP IP OVER ATM FOR A PVC-ONLY ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 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
PLATFORMS AND QUALITY OF SERVICE ..........................................................................................................................10
INSTALLING PROATM-WDM .....................................................................................................................................10
PROATM MANAGER .................................................................................................................................................10
PROATM-WDM DRIVER ...........................................................................................................................................11
MINIPORT ETHERNET DRIVER ......................................................................................................................................11
Virtual Ethernet Adapters ....................................................................................................................11
Setting Up an Ethernet Virtual NIC: ....................................................................................................11
IP Addresses ........................................................................................................................................11
4. INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON LINUX ...........................................................................................................12
COMPILING THE LINUX DRIVER .....................................................................................................................................12
ATM FOR LINUX ........................................................................................................................................................12
BR2684 ...................................................................................................................................................................12
PPPOA AND PPPOE(OA) ..........................................................................................................................................12
FAST BACK-TO-BACK PVC CONNECTION.......................................................................................................................13
5. INSTALLING THE ADAPTER ON FREEBSD .....................................................................................................14
6. TESTING THE ADAPTER ..................................................................................................................................15
7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND REPAIR ...............................................................................................................16
CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE ..........................................................................................................................................16
RETURNING AN ADAPTER FOR REPAIR ...........................................................................................................................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 TRADITIONAL LANS ....................................................................................................................................19
Classical IP over ATM (RFC1577) ......................................................................................................20
LAN Emulation (LANE) .......................................................................................................................20
RFC2684 BRIDGE ....................................................................................................................................................21
ATM GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................................................................22
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