Subject: Re: connection bonding?
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/08/2005 13:23:22
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org> writes:

> On Dec 7, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Nathan J. Williams wrote:
> 
> > der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> writes:
> >
> >> $DAYJOB has a desire to use multiple network interfaces on a single
> >> machine, with parallel connections to another device, as if they
> >> were a
> >> single interface with a fatter pipe to the peer device - I believe
> >> cisco calls this "connection bonding".
> >
> > The IEEE term is "link aggregation", specified in 802.3ad. I don't
> > know if this is the same as Cisco's version or not.
> >
> >> Is there any support for this in NetBSD?
> >
> > Nope.
> 
> Yes, there is.  See agr(4).

Yes, as was pointed out and discussed quite a bit between yesterday
and now. Can I implore you to *finish* reading mail threads before you
respond to all of them?

        - Nathan