If it is a nic from intel bind the nic to gether as one and use trunk ports in the switch. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: Re: how to use multiple NIC cards
> santosh kumar said: > > > If i assign the IP address in above mentioned manner will it increase > > performance? and what shall i need to do to resolve all IP addresses with > > same hostname? > > no, the other 2 NICs will likely just be ignored. feel free to try it, > but the main NIC will be recieving all traffic. This is the "expected" > behavior. I don't remember the specifics but read some technical > explanation on it about a year ago. > > It is possible to bond multiple NICs together to increase bandwidth > but the driver must support this(not sure which drivers do under linux), > or you could just go get a NIC that supports it out of the box. I have > used Znyx(or is it Zynx I can never remember) 4-port NICs(~$700/ea) which > have some software called RAINLink which supports automatic failover, > link aggregation etc. Full GPL drivers for linux I believe though I've > only used them in freebsd. They have a full range of single/dual/quad > port ethernet cards. I've never used RAINLink so I have no idea > how well it works. I only got the cards so I could have 8 network > interfaces in a single machine(occupying 2 PCI slots). > > but just putting in 3 nics and giving them different IPs on the > same network "by itself" will not do anything(and yes I have tried > this!). > > also your hub or switch on the other side likely has to be aware > of this configuration. Most good switches can be configured for > this, I probably wouldn't try it on a "dumb"(unmanaged) switch > like a netgear or something. I think my summit 48 can do it.. > mmm..extreme networks*drool*. > > looking at the kernel help for the bonding driver it claims any > ethernet device will work..last time I looked at bonding it was > under the 2.2.19 kernel and the docs only mentioned 1 or 2 drivers > that worked. see Documentation/networking/bonding.txt in the > kernel source for more info. The config option is CONFIG_BONDING. > > nate > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
