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[vdr] Re: AW: VDR-Network-Traffic-Managment
Andreas Roedl wrote:
>>There is a load balencing driver for linux that handles that stuff
>>automatically
> The Linux Kernel supports "Ethernet Bonding":
That was the term I was looking for... ;-)
> Bonding driver support
> CONFIG_BONDING
> Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
> Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
> 'Trunking' by Sun, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
>
> If you have two Ethernet connections to some other computer, you can
> make them behave like one double speed connection using this driver.
> Naturally, this has to be supported at the other end as well, either
> with a similar Bonding Linux driver, a Cisco 5500 switch or a
> SunTrunking SunSoft driver.
Or from a 3com SuperStackII switch upwards
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