ATM Adapters for Linux?

Raxxon asks: "I've been working with some guys in my company laying the groundwork for our next phase of network upgrades. We're looking at having an ATM feed for the main pipe but we're unsure of the Linux ATM support. I know that the firewall code is good (and plentiful) and that for an Ether/Ether or Ether/WAN (frame, DSL, etc) it's great, but with limited knowledge of how well Linux handles ATM, I'm a bit worried about suggesting this as an interface on the router/firewall given that we can convert it back to Ethernet (and in 60% of the case, it's going to stay ether anyway). What's the current state of Linux ATM and is it really worth it?"

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Re:I've had bad experiences

[mnmn]

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<br>What in the world... I missed one networking technology.
<br><i>Macs, apple2s, a Newton, linux/x86, NeXTstation, and possibly an SGI.</i><br>
Ive got ultrasparc and sparcs, planning to get an iMac, otherwise have not been exposed to macs much. Got an RS6000 with AIX, Pentium1 with Unixware, and will get the Octane with IRIX, something with HP-UX and Tru64 too. I wanted to get a complete UNIX-clone set but the OS390 is a little out of reach.
<br><br>I am using the IBM 8250 switch with certain extensions I dont know about. I suspect it has two 155 fibre connectors but the seller's details were hazy. Got it on eBay for $50. I'm studying for a CCIE, so have a pile of routers 2500s, and am getting 4000s with ATM cards. For some reason I'm obsessed with ATM over everything else.<br><br>Right now I'm on Solaris on sparc, but after by SCSA certs, I'll get back to trying to use Plan9 as a desktop... with lots of command line tools, it works!