Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:52:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Khavkine <paul@distributel.net> To: Dave+Seddon <dave-dated-1125455574.45eb32@seddon.ca> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Subject: Re: Aggregate network interfaces Message-ID: <20050826105149.X2418-100000@krusty.mtl.distributel.net> In-Reply-To: <1125023574.72285.TMDA@seddon.ca>
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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 ************************************************
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