Dave Howorth wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
I considering setting up link bonding for the first time. The server would have 2 NICs. Possibly a couple of the clients would have the same, but most of the clients only one NIC.
To my knowledge, the ethernet switch doesn't specifically need to support bonding.
Are you sure about that, Per? I recall having to configure my switch when I set up bonding. But it was years ago and perhaps things have changed. FWIW my switches are 12-port AT-9410GB and they work fine.
Not 100% sure, no. It's been a long time since I dabbled with NIC bonding - in the days of kernel 2.0 or 2.2. I googled a bit and found: kernel/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt: 5. Switch Configuration [snip] The active-backup, balance-tlb and balance-alb modes do not require any specific configuration of the switch. /Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org