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Re: multiple interfaces with same IP address
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 10:24:33AM +0530, Sourav Sen wrote:
> > Ok you get one logical link! how much ip adresses need this link to work
> > correctly??
> > one! its like one "400 Mbit" NIC for the Rest of the Network (800 stand
> > for 400 full duplex...........)
> > Thats the theory........
> > But I don't know if this will work under linux.......
>
> As far as I could gather, it needs some software support.
Linux supports ethernet trunking (of course :), but it's called channel
bonding. From Documentation/Configure.help:
Bonding driver support
CONFIG_BONDING
Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
'Trunking' by Sun, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
If you have two ethernet connections to some other computer, you can
make them behave like one double speed connection using this driver.
Naturally, this has to be supported at the other end as well, either
with a similar Bonding Linux driver, a Cisco 5500 switch or a
SunTrunking SunSoft driver.
This is similar to the EQL driver, but it merges Ethernet segments
instead of serial lines.
If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. The module will be
called bonding.o.
Erik
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