Patent ID: 7310342

Claim:
A method of configuring a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Network Access Device (NAD) to recognize at least one Virtual Channel (VC) address having a Virtual Path Indicator (VPI) and a Virtual Channel Indicator (VCI) to be used for traffic between the NAD and the remote Network Access Concentrator (NAC) over an ATM link, the method comprising: sending a first plurality of pings to said NAC from said NAD, said pings comprising a prompt for said NAC to reply to said pings; receiving and recording at least one first response to said first plurality of pings at said NAD, each said first response comprising an active VPI of an active VC used to send said response; sending a second plurality of pings to a block of VCI's on said active VPI; receiving and recording at least one second response to said second plurality of pings at said NAD, each said second response comprising a VCI of said active VC used to send said response; determining said VC address to be used for traffic using said VPI and said VCI of said active VC used in said at least one first response and said at least one second response.