Thanks. That will be very usefull when I start putting things together. Did I understand this howto correctly: either way, switch or not, my network devices need to be complient with this 802.3ad protocol if I want to bond them. RIght? Well that's a bummer: I can't use the network cards on board of my "cheapo" motherboards, which means I have to buy 2 cards per node ( and the cheapest card with support of this protocol was around 50$) . I guess I better forget about bonding then. F. On 9/7/07, Bob Marcan <bob.marcan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Frankie Montenegro wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am building a small HPC cluster with two slaves and a master. I can > > put together two slave nodes with under 350$ per node, so I don't want > > to spend more then 70-80$ for networking. > > > > Buying a gigabit ethernet 4 port switch would be the most > > straightforward solution. However, I was hoping to get "port trunking" > > set up, and doubling the network speed. Since this is not supported > > by switches that are within my budget, I wondered if I can achieve > > port trunking without a switch, just > > adding couple of network cards to the master node and having a > > master node be a switch. WIll I be able to get 2Gbps or is this idea > > completely idiotic? > > > > Thanks, > > F. > > > > -- > > Linux-cluster mailing list > > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > > /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-XXXXXXX/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt > Look for mode. > > Regards, Bob > -- > Bob Marcan, Consultant mailto:bob.marcan@xxxxxx > S&T Slovenija d.d. tel: +386 (1) 5895-300 > Leskoskova cesta 6 fax: +386 (1) 5895-202 > 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia url: http://www.snt.si > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
