How to Configure Linux for ATM Networks
Wayne J. Salamon · 1999
This article describes how to configure Linux-based Personal Computers (PC) and an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch to build an ATM network. I will tell you how to obtain and install the ATM support software and device drivers. After the installation steps are given, I describe how to configure the ATM connections on the PCs and the switch to be used for Internet Protocol (IP) network traffic. I give some references at the end of this article on ATM networks and where to get the Linux-ATM software. The ATM interface cards I used are ENI-155P ATM adapters produced by Efficient Networks, and PCA-200EPC adapters from Fore Systems. These cards are installed in standard Pentium or Pentium-Pro based PCs running Linux. The ATM switch I used for this article is a Fore ASX-1000, although the information I give applies to all of the Fore ATM switches. I'll describe how to set up the switch to allow the Linux workstations to use IP over both Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC) and Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVC).