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[LUG] Server to Server Network link bonding with two or more NICs
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- Subject: [LUG] Server to Server Network link bonding with two or more NICs
- From: Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 13:09:42 +0100
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Hi folks,
A couple of years ago when working for a local radio station I came
across Link Aggregation to bond two gigabit network links to a switch to
give double the bandwidth and a bit of redundancy if a link went down.
Recently I've been thinking about how to get faster than 1 Gigabit
Ethernet without having to go down the fibre route and I wondered if it
was possible to do link aggregation or bonding with just network cards.
What I'm thinking is two Linux boxes with 2 or more Gigabit NICs
connected with cables between them and no switch and having them talk to
each other at 2 Gigabit (or more depending if more cards are added).
Does anyone know if this is possible or would it require a switch?
Rob
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