1) ATM sockets 2) /proc/net/atm files
Does ATM socket use Raw ATM cells by default?
I have ENI ATM adapters installed in my linux computers. They are
connected by optical fibre. I use ATM sockets for communication between
the two. I make PVCs and use send() and recv() and it works. But I dont
know what standards are being used or how is this txn and reception
working? I cannot find any information about the NICs from ENIs webiste.
IS there any PDH and SDH standards involved. I am a novice at this. so
please bear with me.
2.
I have been checking the files in /proc/net/atm for traffic statistics.
How reliable are they? Can I count on them for eg, 'devices' file for txted,
rxvd and dropped cells? I transmitted huge number of of big messages and the dropped column showed some changes in the numbers as soon as the send() and recv() functions returned after doing so. But even after a long time after that, the TX and RX fields keep changing the values? why? Are they picking up some junk signals in the fibre ?
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