hi, the following works, but the network is very slow. any ideas? thanks and happy new year regards cheng --- "O'Neill, Donald (US - Deerfield)" <dooneill@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > ===== 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
