Re: [Linux-ATM-General] Using CLIP without ATMSIGD

[Chas W. (CONTRACTOR) <ch...@cm...>]

In message <1D8F97E224F8491EBA8E27E7F1D7B08F@absolutdaddy>,"Russell McGuire" wr
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>Why is atmsigd and ilmid required for this for PVC's? My main question is
>that atmsigd primarily is used for SVC processing isn't it? I know that

they should not be required.  you need atmarpd to hold the pvc open
for the kernel though (since the kernel cannot open its own vc's).

>All I want is basic Ethernet IP to PVC forwarding/routing.  Are there better
>methods to get this done? My basic goal is to create an Ethernet IP to ATM
>PVC bridge.

you might want to look at the br2684 support in later kernels.  it can
do both routed and bridged modes now.