Re: Redundant NIC config, need help

From: Josh Beck (webmaster_at_freewebspace.planetdns.net)
Date: 10/28/04

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    Lyndon Bartels wrote:
    Do a google on iproute2
    That may help.
    Josh Beck
    > 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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