Boost Reliability with Ethernet Bonding and Linux - Page 2
Starting Everything At Boot
To load the module with the options you want at boot, edit /etc/modprobe.d/arch/i386 and add these lines. Ignore any documentation that tells you to use a different file because that is wrong:
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=balance-alb miimon=100
Then enshrine your settings in /etc/network/interfaces, using your own addresses of course:
auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
address 192.168.1.101
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.50
up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1
down ifenslave -d bond0 eth0 eth1
bond0 Status
Take a look at the contents of /proc/net/bonding/bond0 to see how your new interface is faring:
$ /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.1.1 (September 26, 2006)
Bonding Mode: adaptive load balancing
Primary Slave: eth0
Currently Active Slave: eth1
MII Status: up
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Now what? In the second part you'll learn some additional configuration options for different roles such as round-robin or failure-only, how to configure bonding on Fedora, some tips on network topology, and how to troubleshoot problems.
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