I'm looking for a way to loadbalance 2 network cards (3com fast etherlink)
So I want to virtually give them the same ipaddress.
Is there a way to do this?

Regards

"Geert M" <mvmelle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to loadbalance 2 network cards (3com fast etherlink)
> So I want to virtually give them the same ipaddress.
> Is there a way to do this?

I haven't tried myself, but it is described in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt

Wouldn't it be easier to replace your 100 Mb/s card with a Gb/s card?

regards Henrik
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The point is to make sure if one card fails (the hardware or cable) I can
still use the other one.
In my windows servers I use this technique and I connect the card to
different switches.

"Henrik Carlqvist" <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote in message
newsan.2004.09.12.11.25.06.413124@deadspam.com.. .
> "Geert M" <mvmelle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking for a way to loadbalance 2 network cards (3com fast
etherlink)
> > So I want to virtually give them the same ipaddress.
> > Is there a way to do this?
>
> I haven't tried myself, but it is described in
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
>
> Wouldn't it be easier to replace your 100 Mb/s card with a Gb/s card?
>
> regards Henrik
> --
> The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is:
> hc2(at)uthyres.com Examples of addresses which go to spammers:
> info@webrider.ru remove@emailpromo.biz root@localhost
>