Re: Two Ethernet adapters Question

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On 21/09/11 19:40, John Foster wrote:


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM, kuLa <debian@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:debian@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

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On 21/09/11 16:58, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:35:26AM -0500, John W. Foster wrote:
>> Anyone know if there is a way to use two adapters as one to
improve my
>> bandwidth?
>>
>> I have the system recognizing both of them now. Thanks to the recent
>> firmware updates for Gigabit cards from the development team. YEA!!
>> I'm doing the research now, & this list is always part of that.
>> Thanks
>
> Yes. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinkAggregation for a
fairly
> user-friendly howto (Bear in mind, that that's for Ubuntu, not Debian,
> but most should apply).

http://wiki.debian.org/Bonding :-)
it's working as a treat, and if you need more info 'man ifenslave'

> Basically you set up a virtual interface that bonds together your two
> adapters, sending out packets on each one in turn. You would then set
> this virtual interface (bond0) to be your default route.

have fun

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would the Debian Package the sets up and ethernet bridge do this?

yes, all you want to achieve can be done in Debian using ifenslave-2.6
package, but it's not setting it up automatically, you have to do it on
your own

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from answers
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