Installing the Adapter on Windows XP/Vista/Seven
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PROATM-WDM Driver
You should see as many WDM drivers as PROATM adapters are installed into your computer. You can
change the setup of each ATM adapter, but notice that most of time this is not recommended.
Miniport Ethernet Driver
The Miniport driver emulates NIC's that are seen as classical Ethernet adapters by Windows but connect to
ATM networks via permanent virtual circuits (PVCs).
Virtual Ethernet Adapters
During the installation process, an Ethernet virtual NIC is installed. By default, this NIC transmits and
receives over the ATM network by using the CLASSICAL IP protocol through the PVC 0, 32. To modify
these settings, select the virtual adapter and click Settings. To add new virtual adapters click Add New. You
will be asked for some parameters and a new virtual adapter will be added to the current list.
Setting Up an Ethernet Virtual NIC:
LAN Protocol Encapsulation
You can select here the protocol used to carry the Ethernet packets through
the ATM. Two protocols are possible: Classical IP over PVC's as described
in the RFC 1577 and Multiprotocol as described in the RFC2684.
Max Frame Size
Specify here the maximum size of IP packets that are transported by the
ATM protocol. The default value is 9180.
Locally Administered MAC
Address
Check this box to replace the Ethernet MAC address assigned by default to
the virtual adapter, with a custom address. You must enter exactly 12
hexadecimal digits.
ATM VPI Number, ATM
VCI Number:
Enter the VPI and VCI values to select the ATM channel that must be used
to transport the Ethernet packets.
Quality of Service
Defines the quality of service used by the ATM channels. Choose from
among:
UBR, CBR, and VBR
Use Multiple VC's
You can check this box only when
Classical IP
is selected as ATM
protocol.
When this box is checked, you can add several VC's to distribute the traffic
on several channels.
IP Addresses
On the contrary of the Microsoft ATM stack, PROATM-WDM makes it possible to associate several IP
addresses with specific PVC's. You just need to create one virtual Ethernet adapter for each association.
Please note that you can even bind several PVC's to each IP address by checking
Use Multiple VC's.
