From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Juan_Facundo_Su=E1rez?= Subject: Re: 2 ethernet jacks -> single net connection? Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:15:36 -0300 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <015801c3d645$b4d2b0a0$680410ac@pcinstru1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-newbie list So.., once this modules is compiled, how do i set up two of many eth ca= rds in one machine to work like this?. May be it's automatically?. If i have a machine acting as router, and it has 4 eth cards, and two = of these, are connected to another one machine. How can i tell my router, = wich of those are de two i want to use "bonded" ? Thanks ! ----- Original Message ----- =46rom: "Beolach" To: "James Miller" Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:58 AM Subject: Re: 2 ethernet jacks -> single net connection? | First off, I have no actual experience with this, and I am just going | off the kernel documentation. It is possible, and you even remembere= d | the term correctly - ethernet channel bonding. What will most likely= be | the deciding factor on whether or not you can actually set this up is= if | the other end of the two ethernet channels (probably your ISP) suppor= ts | bonding. Here's the a direct quote from the relevant kernel documentation. | |
| Bonding driver support BONDING | | Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet | Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, | 'Trunking' by Sun, and 'Bonding' in Linux. | | If you have two Ethernet connections to some other computer, you can | make them behave like one double speed connection using this driver. | Naturally, this has to be supported at the other end as well, either | with a similar Bonding Linux driver, a Cisco 5500 switch or a | SunTrunking SunSoft driver. | | This is similar to the EQL driver, but it merges Ethernet segments | instead of serial lines. | | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | will be called bonding. |
| | Good luck & let us know if you get this working, | Conway S. Smith -- =46acundo Su=E1rez Neuqu=E9n - Argentina =46DSoft mail y jabber: faco@fdsoft.com.ar facundo.suarez@ensi.com.ar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs