From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:20:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:20:46 -0500 Received: from mail.du.gtn.com ([194.77.9.57]:65499 "EHLO mail.du.gtn.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:20:33 -0500 >Received: (from bj@localhost) by warp.zuto.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-6) id VAA22747 for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:45:29 +0100 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:45:28 +0100 From: Rainer Clasen To: Linux Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: Bonding... Message-ID: <20001130214528.E24351@zuto.de> Reply-To: bj@zuto.de Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel mailing list In-Reply-To: <975575796.3a261af501379@imp.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <975575796.3a261af501379@imp.free.fr>; from wtarreau@free.fr on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:16:37AM +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:16:37AM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > When using ethernet bonding, does it divide the load between the > > two based on connection, or packet by packet? > > packet by packet, so you can use both links to aggregate your bandwidth. I've > used it at 200 Mbps with success. Linux distributes outgoing outgoing packets in a round robin manner. Ciscos are supposed to do this based on the XOr value of the last two bits of source AND destination MAC. I was astonished to see a Catalyst2924EN distribute traffic EITHER by source OR by destination MAC address (configurable). My BayStack450 seems to do roind robin, too. Ciscos MAC based distribution limits each TCP connection to 100 Mbps. Rainer PS: Thanks to Willy for his work on the bonding driver. -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/