Author
Christopher Marshall (christopherlmarshall@yahoo.com)
Raw Notes on Ethernet Bonding
#compile the userspace utility # which you can find in the kernel source directory at: # /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c gcc -o ifenslave ifenslave.c # load the bonding module insmod bonding # configure the devices ifconfig bond0 12.26.73.159 netmask 255.255.255.0 up ifenslave bond0 eth0 ifenslave bond0 eth1 # high availability scheme # mode=1 is the backup scheme # mode=0 is round robin, bandwidth expansion scheme and is the default # miimon sets the link monitoring interval, which determines # how often the kernel tries to determine if the link is up or down # for switching purposes. insmod bonding mode=1 miimon=100 ifconfig bond0 12.26.73.159 netmask 255.255.255.0 up ifenslave bond0 eth0 ifenslave bond0 eth1