Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:32:52 +1000 From: Dave+Seddon <dave-sender-1932b5@seddon.ca> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Aggregate network interfaces Message-ID: <1125023574.72285.TMDA@seddon.ca> In-Reply-To: <20050825220248.E9058@kerplunk.tbe.net> References: <20050825220248.E9058@kerplunk.tbe.net>
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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"
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