Dual Network card bandwidth aggregation 1

[alanpaterson]

Hi,

Is there a way to make two network cards on a SuSE 9 Enterprise box work as one ?

Thanks

Alan

 

[marsd]

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/marcelo/linux-2.4/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt

This work for you? It's really pretty easy.

 

[alanpaterson]

I will have a read at this, have you actually set this up?

Do you know of any problems in doing this, and, is it worth it?

Thanks

Alan

 

[marsd]

Yeah. It's pretty simple and as far as 'worth it' goes..
That's pretty subjective.
Most wan connections are not going to reward aggregate band
width like this. For something like backup with reserved net space and good hardware..yeah..very nice.

 

[alanpaterson]

Thanks for your help. Much appreciated Marsd.