Patent ID: 7596145

Claim:
An automatic setting method for ATM network, the method used in an information device for automatic connecting to an ATM network of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) office, the method comprising steps of: providing an automatic configuration table including a plurality of sets of setting parameters for virtual path identifier (VPI)/virtual channel identifier (VCI) and an encapsulation capacity indicative of cell size for a plurality of default ISP offices; connecting to the ISP office by selecting one set of the setting parameters as connecting parameters to the ISP office; and testing whether a connection to the ISP office is successful, and selecting another one set of the setting parameters as connecting parameters to the ISP office when a connection fails until connection to the ISP office succeeds; after testing whether a connection to the ISP office is successful, sending a default username and a default password for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet/Point to Point Protocol over ATM (PPPoE/PPPoA) connection to the ISP office when the test result from the ISP office indicates successful connection; sending a message requesting new user name and password if the PPPoE/PPPoA connection fails; and saving the input user name and password as default value and reconnecting to the ISP office by PPPoE/PPPoA connection with new default user name and password.