How to teaming the network cards in linux

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi All,

I would like to team the networks as one interface in linux.

How to do that.

[Michael Steele_2 · Accepted solution]

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-interfaces-nic-into-single-interface.html

http://blog.kameronkenny.com/?p=169

http://groups.google.com/group/vglug/msg/64a99af234118de8

In reading, clear step by step procedures given in each link, all nearly identical, but I thought the 2nd link was clearest.

Good Luck!!!

[KarloChacon]

this is the guide I created this works for Centos and Red Hat might work for you linux distro too

check the attachment

[senthil_kumar_1]

Hi All,

Do we need to connect network cable in both ports (eth0 and eth1) even if we are teaming up them?

The advantages of teaming are more bandwidth and fail-over, am i correct?

Is there any other advantages apart from these?

[KarloChacon]

Do we need to connect network cable in both ports (eth0 and eth1) even if we are teaming up them?

yeah in order to take advantage of link aggregation, high performance and high availability you must connect more that 1 NIC to use bonding


The advantages of teaming are more bandwidth and fail-over, am i correct?

yeah more bandwith, improved performance since you have more links for Rx and Tx and High Availabilty

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


Is there any other advantages apart from these?

more info here
http://www.linuxhorizon.ro/bonding.html

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3696561

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