Redundant NIC config, need help

From: Lyndon Bartels (lbartels_at_pressenter.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:55:26 -0500

Hello all,

I have a server running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v8.
2.4.16-something kernel (I think)

Anyway it has two NICs.

I want to set them up so the server has one network IP address, but
either NIC were to fail, or the path to that nic were to fail (ie. wire
pulled) the other NIC would handle the traffic.

I've been reading, googling, and not finding anything recent, and very
little relevant.

I found a beowolf document, but it's a couple years old. It talked about
"bonding" interfaces... Ididn't make a lot of sense to me.

Any pointers, info, web documents would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Lyndon

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