Ethernet Bonding

Christian Brueffer brueffer at FreeBSD.org
Mon Sep 3 05:47:07 PDT 2007


On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:59:47PM +0200, mer mite wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm looking for a way to provide ethernet interface bonding in FreeBSD
> similar to ipmp in Solaris or just ethernet bonding in Linux.  Don't want to
> do anything fancy.  Just want a second interface to take over for one which
> has failed.  Preferable would be a solution that doesn't require a specific
> configuration on our switches or routers.
> 
> I have perused the www and have found multiple articles describing the
> procedure in HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, etc., but nothing for FreeBSD.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your responses.

Take a look at lagg(4), it's available in 6-STABLE (not included in any
release yet, 6.3 will be the first one shipping with it).

- Christian

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