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From: Thomas Mueller <thomas@chaschperli.ch>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:21:33 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] Using 2 Bridges Simultaneously for "Load Balancing"
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> 
> Now I thought it was possible to create to of those bridges, each one
> with one physical NIC. Then I could assign two virtual machines to each
> bridge/NIC in order to balance or distribute the load.

if you just want load balancing/distribute the load on the two NIC's: why 
dont you create a bond (some people/manufacturers  call it also "trunk" 
or "LAG" ) out of physical NIC's and then bridge the bond?

http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/bonding.htm

- Thomas