From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 14:52:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E93616A43E for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:52:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@distributel.net) Received: from smtp.distributel.net (cns2.distributel.NET [66.38.181.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F80C43D45 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:52:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@distributel.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.distributel.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j7QEqasq003897; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:52:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:52:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Khavkine X-X-Sender: paul@krusty.mtl.distributel.net To: Dave+Seddon In-Reply-To: <1125023574.72285.TMDA@seddon.ca> Message-ID: <20050826105149.X2418-100000@krusty.mtl.distributel.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Gary D. Margiotta" Subject: Re: Aggregate network interfaces X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:52:40 -0000 YOu can try ng_fec which is Etherchannel, not sure if it works in FreeBSD 5.x properly, it did in 4.x Cheers Paul On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Dave+Seddon wrote: >Greetings, > > - Gig cards are cheap. > - PCI bus throughput is really bad (like 32MB/s) > - There is no easy way to "bond" on FreeBSD, but you can just use multiple >IP addresses. It would be cool to have something like Etherchannel, but >that doesn't work. Solaris has Etherchannel. > >Regards, >Dave > > >Gary D. Margiotta writes: > >> Hello, >> >> Probably a stupid question, but I've not had much luck searching for the >> answers (probably because I'm not using the correct search terminology). >> >> Is there a way to bond multiple network cards together, so as to get a >> higher aggregate bandwith? And also, if it is possible, is it recommended >> to do so, or am I looking at more trouble than its worth? >> >> Thanks to a liquidation of office equipment from a previous employer, I >> ended up with several Intel series 10/100 switches (530 host and 535 >> member series), and a whole basket of Intel and 3Com 10/100 network cards. >> >> Rather than going out and buying new gigabit hardware, and since I have >> the spare PCI slots, switch ports and cards lying around, I'm curious to >> see if this could be a solution. >> >> Please cc: replies directly to me, as I'm not subscribed to this >> particular list (and if this really should belong on another list, please >> let me know as well, and I'll repost). >> >> Thanks for any info, >> >> -Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ************************************************ Paul Khavkine Networks/Systems Planning and Engineering DISTRIBUTEL Communications. 740 Notre Dame West, Suite 1135 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3X6 +1-514-877-5505 x 263 http://www.distributel.net ************************************************