https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605466#M40222 this is the guide I created this works for Centos and Red Hat might work for you linux distro too<BR /><BR />check the attachment Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:25:47 GMT KarloChacon 2010-03-23T13:25:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605464#M40220 Hi All,<BR /><BR />I would like to team the networks as one interface in linux.<BR /><BR />How to do that. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:23:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605464#M40220 senthil_kumar_1 2010-03-23T10:23:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605465#M40221 <A href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-interfaces-nic-into-single-interface.html" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-interfaces-nic-into-single-interface.html</A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://blog.kameronkenny.com/?p=169" target="_blank">http://blog.kameronkenny.com/?p=169</A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://groups.google.com/group/vglug/msg/64a99af234118de8" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/vglug/msg/64a99af234118de8</A><BR /><BR />In reading, clear step by step procedures given in each link, all nearly identical, but I thought the 2nd link was clearest.<BR /><BR />Good Luck!!! Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:25:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605465#M40221 Michael Steele_2 2010-03-23T12:25:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605466#M40222 this is the guide I created this works for Centos and Red Hat might work for you linux distro too<BR /><BR />check the attachment Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:25:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605466#M40222 KarloChacon 2010-03-23T13:25:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605467#M40223 Hi All,<BR /><BR />Do we need to connect network cable in both ports (eth0 and eth1) even if we are teaming up them?<BR /><BR />The advantages of teaming are more bandwidth and fail-over, am i correct?<BR /><BR />Is there any other advantages apart from these? Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:31:13 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605467#M40223 senthil_kumar_1 2010-03-24T12:31:13Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605468#M40224 <BR />Do we need to connect network cable in both ports (eth0 and eth1) even if we are teaming up them?<BR /><BR />yeah in order to take advantage of link aggregation, high performance and high availability you must connect more that 1 NIC to use bonding<BR /><BR /><BR />The advantages of teaming are more bandwidth and fail-over, am i correct?<BR /><BR />yeah more bandwith, improved performance since you have more links for Rx and Tx and High Availabilty <BR /><BR />well it all depends on the kind of bonding you are using something like all links active or 1 active and the other passive waiting for the main link to fail<BR /><BR /><BR />Is there any other advantages apart from these?<BR /><BR />more info here<BR /><A href="http://www.linuxhorizon.ro/bonding.html" target="_blank">http://www.linuxhorizon.ro/bonding.html</A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3696561" target="_blank">http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3696561</A><BR /><BR />bye Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:12:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-teaming-the-network-cards-in-linux/m-p/4605468#M40224 KarloChacon 2010-03-24T13:12:00Z