Two ethernet ports

[Dave Kempe]

You can setup a bond0 interface that makes the two members. There are 
many bonding setups you can choose from. Bonding.txt that comes with the 
kernel source for your kernel is pretty good.
Here is the latest one:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/networking/bonding.txt;h=8d8b4e5ea184a26da6bfab62bed0f796ce16679a;hb=8fad6939af311a8be5785d41531baa5a6918f833

The failover/redundant modes will probably help for the cable coming 
unplugged or the switch going down, but won't help in your forcedeth 
'death' problem.

The bonding drive is quite flexible, so you can bond together two 
network interfaces that are pretty disparate as well if you are crazy 
enough.

thanks

dave

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)?
>