> How about channel bonding? If you put two (or more) cards > into a switch, That's exactly what I'm looking for. I wasn't sure if it was possible without a bunch of modifications. Most likely, I'll need to bond together the 2 onboard NIC's on a Cobalt RAQ. Not only should this give me redundancy, but increased throughput. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark K [mailto:mkroska at readynetgo.com] > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 5:45 PM > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] adapter teaming > > > > How about channel bonding? If you put two (or more) cards > into a switch, > you'd get redundancy, plus the extra speed of more channels into your > hub/switch. > > I know this is a current kernel (2.2.15+) option for sure, > but I haven't > gotten it to work yet. There should be docs/howtos/etc > available in the > usual places I'm sure. > > Thoughts? > MK > > > On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Matt Thoren wrote: > > > "Austad, Jay" wrote: > > > > > > Anyone know how to do adapter teaming with a couple of > EEpro or 3c905's? > > > > > > I have a server that I need to put 2 NIC's in for > redundancy. If one fails, > > > the other one will still need to carry traffic. > Assigning 2 ip's is not an > > > option. > > > > > > I know you can do this with NT/2000 (blech), but how do > you do it with > > > Linux? > > > > > > Jay > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > Jay, > > > > Why is temporarily assigning 2 ips not an option? This is the way > > Siemens did it. A very small heartbeat program > communicated to one card > > and when there was no response the program reconfigured the > secondary > > ethernet card for the primary network. Simple, > inexpensive, effective. > > > > Matt. > > > > -- > ________________________________________________________ > ReadyNET Go!, Inc. - Building your Business on the net > ________________________________________________________ > > Mark J. Kroska > MIS Director > > 320.656.0765 Voice > 888.447.3239 Toll Free > 320.203.7052 Fax > http://www.readynetgo.com > mailto:mkroska at readynetgo.com > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >