On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Robert Davies wrote:
> I seem to remember somone on this list (I think it was John the RMS
> disciple), was trying bonded rather than Gigabit Ethernet out for cost
> reasons for a porn^W multi-media video server.
I did it for an Architect in London on a contract, but might try it at
home too.
> How have you got on with it?
Issues with certain software meant it was less effective as I could only
bond two cards and the third one had to go back to being a single channel.
> Were the channels put through a switching hub, or simply created a private
> dedicated network using X-over cables? Are there any gotchas you found?
Through a switch configured in trunking mode.
> I'm wondering how things like ARP work with bonded channels if the 2
> Interfaces are visible to other hosts, perhaps it's round robin?
Nope, you don't make them "visible" in that sense, they're bonded.
> Considering the idea myself but would appreciate benefit of other's
> experience.
No problem - what do you want to do?
Jon.
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