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From: "Christopher E. Brown" <cbrown@denalics.net>
To: "Willis L. Sarka" <wlsarka@the-republic.org>
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Subject: Re: Multiport NICs and ether channel?
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Willis L. Sarka wrote:

> 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?



	Linux bonding is compat with Sun EtherTrunking and Cisco
EtherChannel/FastEtherChannel.


	On the Cisco side you follow their setup examples, *except*
you *must* trun keepalives off on the cisco.  These are a Cisco
extension.  If you fail to do this the Cisco will toggle the
onterfaces *off* every 10 - 30 seconds.

 ---
        The roaches seem to have survived, but they are not routing packets
correctly.
        --About the Internet and nuclear war.


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