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List:       linux-ha
Subject:    Re: Load Balance between 2 eth
From:       Alan Robertson <alanr () suse ! com>
Date:       2000-07-24 17:28:28
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Jeff Moyer wrote:
> 
> ==> Regarding Re: Load Balance between 2 eth; Alan Robertson <alanr@suse.com> adds:
> 
> alanr> Lois Ong wrote:
> >>  Hello,
> >>
> >> Can soemone advise me how to load balance 2 or more network card using
> >> same ip address?
> >>
> >> I have try a few website FAQ na "How to" but still can't get any
> >> information. Pls help!
> 
> alanr> If you are only going to have 1 IP address, you need to use LVS (the
> alanr> Linux Virtual Server).  It's pointed to by the linux-ha home page.
> 
>    I think you misunderstood the question.  The method for binding multiple
>    NIC's to one IP address is called (under linux) channel bonding.  There
>    is a channel bonding driver in the kernel, but it is experimental at
>    best.  There is documentation on how to install this support included
>    with the kernel sources (under Documentation/networking/bonding.txt).

Yeah.  I guess I should have read the email I was responding to ;-).
Duhhhh....



	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr@suse.com

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