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From: "Willis L. Sarka" <wlsarka@the-republic.org>
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Subject: Multiport NICs and ether channel?
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Greetings,

Just a general question or two.. Please point me to a URL or tell me where
to RTFM, or answer back ;-).

What is the status/condition of using muliport NICs  and bonding
them together to form a larger pipe (i.e. a quad channel ethernet card for
an Intel box, bonding all four interfaces together to get a theoretical
400Mbps pipe)?  Are there any highly recommended cards of this type?  Will
the bonding work when connected to a Cisco catalyst switch with ether
channel?

Again, thanks in advance.  If you need any further info, or if I need to
describe something in greater detail please let me know.

Cheers,
Will Sarka

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