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NAME

       atmtcp - set up ATM over TCP connections

SYNOPSIS

       atmtcp [-d] [-v] command ...
       atmtcp -V

DESCRIPTION

       The  main  purpose  of  atmtcp  is  to establish TCP connections and to
       configure them as virtual ATM devices.  Such pairs of  "ATM  over  TCP"
       devices  are  connected  as  if they were real ATM adapters linked by a
       cable or fiber, i.e. SDUs sent on a given VPI/VCI are received  at  the
       other end on the same VPI/VCI.

       Virtual  interfaces  and  ATM  over  TCP  connections are called links.
       Other link types supported by atmtcp are  real  interfaces,  files  for
       recording  and  playback of ATM traffic, and printing a hex dump of the
       PDU content on standard output. Any pair of such links can be connected
       with  atmtcp.   If  additional links are attached to such a connection,
       they send to all  other  links,  except  to  the  first  link  and  the
       respective sender, and they receive from all other links.

       atmtcp  can  operate with two types of virtual interfaces: ephemeral or
       persistent. By default,  atmtcp  interfaces  are  ephemeral.  When  the
       atmtcp  process  that  created an interface terminates, the virtual ATM
       device is removed as soon all VCs are closed. However, if the interface
       was   previously   created   as   a   persistent  interface,  only  the
       communication stops, but the interface and all VCs on it remain intact.
       Attempts  to  send  data  on  an  atmtcp  interface  in this state fail
       silently, i.e. the interface behaves just like  a  real  ATM  interface
       without  a wire.  A new atmtcp process can then attach to the interface
       and  resume  operation.  Persistent  interfaces  need  to  be   removed
       explicitly.

       If  atmtcp has any readable links after processing the command line, it
       enters a loop to perform the data forwarding. If no readable links have
       been specified, atmtcp terminates after processing the command line. If
       any setup operation fails, atmtcp terminates at this point and does not
       attempt  to  cancel  previous  operations  (e.g.  creation of permanent
       interfaces).

OPTIONS

       -d     print detailed progress information on standard error.

       -v     print some progress information on standard error.

       -V     print version number of atmtcp on standard output and exit.

COMMANDS

       create [itf]
              create  a  persistent  interface.  If  no  interface  number  is
              specified, atmtcp uses the default value 0.

       remove [itf]
              remove a persistent interface. If the interface is still in use,
              it is marked as ephemeral and will be removed as soon as all VCs
              are closed. If no interface number is specified, atmtcp uses the
              default value 0.

       virtual [itf]
              link to the corresponding virtual (ATM over TCP)  interface.  If
              no  interface  number is specified, the kernel assigns the first
              available number.

       real [itf]
              link to the corresponding ATM interface. If no interface  number
              is  specified,  atmtcp  uses  the  default  value  0.  If a link
              requests that a VC be opened, atmtcp will attempt to open  a  VC
              with  the  specified  QoS  parameters  on that interface. If the
              operation succeeds, data can be sent or received on that VC.  If
              the operation fails, an error code is returned to the requester.
              Note that only data arriving on open VCs  can  be  received  and
              that  a real ATM interface never initiates a connection.  atmtcp
              can share ATM interfaces with other applications.

       connect host [port]
              connect to an instance of atmtcp running on the specified  host.
              If  the  port  argument is omitted, atmtcp uses the default port
              2812.

       switch host line [port]
              like connect, but connects to  an  ATM  over  TCP  "switch"  and
              selects the specified virtual line.

       listen [port]
              listen  for  an  incoming  ATM over TCP connection.  If the port
              argument is omitted, atmtcp uses the default port 2812.   atmtcp
              waits  until  the connection is established. Only one connection
              is accepted per listen command.

       listen-bg [port]
              like listen, but run in background after beginning to listen.

       read file [stream]
              play back all streams from  the  specified  file.  If  a  stream
              number is specified, only that stream is played back.

       write file
              record  the traffic of all links in the specified file. The PDUs
              from each link are stored in a stream with the  same  number  as
              the link.

       print  print a hex dump of the content of all received PDUs on standard
              output.

       bg     continue to run in background (i.e. in a forked child  process).

       wait [seconds]
              wait  for  the  specified  number  of  seconds.  If  no  time is
              specified, atmtcp waits for a newline on standard input.

RESTRICTIONS

       Due to recent protocol changes, atmtcp is currently not compatible with
       the ATM over TCP "switch".

       Only   AAL  SDUs  are  exchanged,  no  segmentation  or  reassembly  is
       performed.  That implies that using different AALs (e.g. AAL5 and AAL0)
       on either side will reveal limitations of this emulation.

       The  atmtcp  process  needs to run during the the whole lifetime of the
       connection.

EXAMPLES

       Create a pair of virtual ATM over TCP interfaces on the local host  and
       connect them:

         # session A
         atmtcp virtual listen
         # session B
         atmtcp virtual connect localhost

       Create  virtual  interface  1, connect it to real ATM interface 0, then
       start atmsigd on the virtual interface, and log all the  traffic  in  a
       file:

         atmtcp virtual 1 real 0 write /tmp/log
         atmsigd 1.0.5

       Take  the  previously  created  file  and examine the traffic sent from
       atmsigd using saaldump:

         # session A
         atmtcp virtual 1 read /tmp/log 0 wait
         # session B
         saaldump 1.0.5
         # press [Enter] in session A

AUTHOR

       Werner Almesberger, EPFL ICA <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch>

SEE ALSO

       atmdiag(8)