Bonding two nic's to the same IP is an easy process. This is taken from the bonding.txt file. 1) create a bond0 file in your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory DEVICE=bond0 IPADDR=192.168.1.1 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=none USERCTL=no 2)add an entry into your /etc/modprobe.conf file Alias bond0 bonding 3) Change your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file to DEVICE=eth0 USERCTL=no ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond0 SLAVE=yes BOOTPROTO=none 4)Change your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file to DEVICE=eth1 USERCTL=no ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond0 SLAVE=yes BOOTPROTO=none Restart network -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of zhicheng wang Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 6:27 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: multi nic redundancy to increase availability hi, we have a dell pe 2650 and other dell servers, all with two ether cards, running redhat EL AS3. i need to make use of both cards so that the down time may be reduced. it seems that there are a few different ways to do so. binding two cards to the same IP seems complicated. is it possible to give each card different ip, but the same domain name? i remembered something like each card's IP must be on different subnet? but I want them to be on the same subnet. any suggestions? thanks cheng ===== Best wishes Z C Wang ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
