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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:42:17 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        "Derrick T. Woolworth" <dwoolworth@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Binding NICs
Message-ID:  <20060817014217.GA88424@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <10fd06c60608161822n138d565rb5a7e4b54a22e5e1@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <10fd06c60608161822n138d565rb5a7e4b54a22e5e1@mail.gmail.com>

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In the last episode (Aug 16), Derrick T. Woolworth said:
> Is there currently any way to bind three network interfaces to a
> single IP address?  With our NetApp (yeah, I realize its a whole
> different animal, but still), we can use the vif interface or virtual
> interface to increase bandwidth to the device.  I've looked at carp
> and bridging and I don't think these are going to do what I'm wanting
> - just wondering if there's some command I'm not familiar with to
> bind network interfaces so they load-balance...

Try ng_fec or ng_one2many.  Make sure you configure trunking on
whatever switch you attach the ports too, also.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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