Two ethernet ports

[Michael R. Head]

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 11:39 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
> So my server's mobo came with two ethernet ports.  Can I take
> advantage of them somehow (other than by switching when one breaks --
> see the thread on forcedeth problems)?

Depends on what you want to do. If you want to connect it to another
server with two ethernet ports at double the speed, you can do do
"channel bonding."

If you want to make a private network, you can use it in a NAT+DHCP
configuration and connect other machines to the secondary port.

If you want to run VMWare or some other virtualization manager, you
_should_ be able to dedicate the second port to a VM instance and
achieve better instance isolation.

> -- 
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
> http://www.boost-consulting.com
-- 
Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
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