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From: "Jie Chen" <cj70286@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:26:18 +0000
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Subject: [Bridge] Monitor the status of two ethernet interface
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Hi everybody,

Just have myself added into the maillist. I have a few linux boxes with 
Kernel 2.6.9. Each box has 2 ethernet interfaces, one 3COM, one Intel. I 
connected one with Power Line Modem, and one with Wifi Modem. They form a 
nice network with bridge. I have a few questions here.

Suppose I have two path from box A to box D, which path will packets go 
through? If I want to monitor the condition (throughput) of each interface, 
and pick the better one, how do I do it? If I want to use both interfaces to 
transfer data, how do I do it?

Thanks in advance for your answers,
cj

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