Re: Aggregate network interfaces

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 08/26/05

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To: Dave+Seddon <dave-dated-1125455574.45eb32@seddon.ca>

    On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 12:32:52PM +1000, Dave+Seddon wrote:
    > - There is no easy way to "bond" on FreeBSD, but you can just use multiple
    > IP addresses. It would be cool to have something like Etherchannel, but
    > that doesn't work. Solaris has Etherchannel.

    FreeBSD has EtherChannel support. See ng_fec(4). Etherchannel is of
    no use for two hosts talking to each other since the algorithm chooses
    a nic based on the pair of hosts.

    ng_one2many may also be of interest for some applications.

    -- Brooks 

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