NAME¶
atmarpd - ATMARP demon
SYNOPSIS¶
atmarpd [
-b] [
-d] [
-D directory]
[
-l logfile] [
-m] [
-n]
atmarpd -V
DESCRIPTION¶
atmarpd implements the ATMARP protocol as specified in RFC1577 and
RFC1755. Address resolution requests are sent from the kernel (using a
comparably simple protocol) to the ATMARP demon, which then performs the
dialog with the network.
atmarpd can operate as an ATMARP client and as an ATMARP server. If also
supports the concurrent use of several IP over ATM interfaces.
atmarpd is configured from the command line using the
atmarp
program. Unless debugging is enabled, the ATMARP table is written after every
change to the file
/var/run/atmarpd.table (or to a file with the same
name in a different directory, if the
-D option is used).
Note that
atmarpd disables support for SVCs if signaling is not available
at start time, i.e. if
atmsigd is not running.
OPTIONS¶
- -b
- Run in background (i.e. in a forked child process) after
initializing.
- -d
- Enables (lots of) debugging output. By default,
atmarpd is comparably quiet.
- -D dump_dir
- Changes the directory where atmarpd writes its table
( atmarpd.table). By default, /var/run is used.
- -l logfile
- Write diagnostic messages to the specified file instead of
to standard error. The special name syslog is used to send
diagnostics to the system logger.
- -m
- Enables merging of incoming calls if the address is known.
An incoming connection on which no InARP reply has been received yet, but
which originates from an ATM address for which an ATMARP entry already
exists, is automatically added to that entry. This assumes that there is a
1:1 mapping between IP addresses and ATMARP addresses. By default, this
assumption is not made, which frequently results in the setup of duplicate
connections. Note that RFC1577 requires that an ATMARP server sends an
InARP request on an incoming connection. Merging may therefore violate
RFC1577 in this case.
- -n
- Prints addresses in numeric format only, i.e. no address to
name translation is attempted.
- -V
- Prints the version number of atmarpd on standard
output and exits.
FILES¶
- /var/run/atmarpd.table
- ATMARP table
- /proc/atm/arp
- table of currently active IP over ATM VCs
BUGS¶
atmarpd removes ATMARP entries from the kernel table while refreshing
them.
AUTHOR¶
Werner Almesberger, EPFL ICA <werner.almesberger@epfl.ch>
SEE ALSO¶
atmarp(8),
atmsigd(8)