Load-balancing IP interfaces - another brainstorm

[Bryan Pizzuti]

 (I see Gmail has the same problem with replies that I have with
Outlook..hehe).

Ok, from the mini-HOWTO that I found, it looks like this might be reasonably
simple to try out once my laptop shows up...and I can even define one as a
firm primary and one as a failover (Probably the "G" since the "A" card I
have supports D-Link TURBO mode over A...at least in Windows....).  Now all
I have to do is find out if I can get a D-Link DWL-AG660 working under
Linux.  Or maybe my older DWL-AB650, but I'd REALLY prefer the 660

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Schmidt [mailto:timschmidt at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:31 PM
To: Bryan Pizzuti
Subject: Re: Load-balancing IP interfaces - another brainstorm

Yes.  It's even compiled as a module.

--tim


On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:10:43 -0400, Bryan Pizzuti <bpizzuti at optonline.net>
wrote:
> Ok, all I've been able to find so far is references to 2.4 kernel 
> patches about it, and a mini HOWTO.  Is it built in to the 2.6 kernel?
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Tim 
> Schmidt
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:53 PM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Load-balancing IP interfaces - another brainstorm
> 
> Well...  some of the features you're thinking about can be had with 
> the 'bonding' kernel driver.  It essentially allows you to bond (go
> figure) two interfaces together to achieve double bandwidth.  My 
> understanding though is that you need to have another computer on the 
> 'other end' with similarly bonded interfaces (or a *very* expensive 
> switch /
> router) to get any real benefit.
> 
> --tim
> 
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:36:50 -0400, Bryan Pizzuti 
> <bpizzuti at optonline.net>
> wrote:
> > Ok, get out the umbrella. ;)  My laptop has an internal 54g 
> > card...now, I ALSO happen to have a D-Link Turbo A/B/G PC card....we 
> > know wireless isn't the hottest thing for high bandwith and stable 
> > connections always (especially with all my stupid neighbors with all 
> > their "B" routers set at the default channel of 6...)...anyway, is 
> > there a way to configure Linux to use 2 network interfaces at the 
> > same time, and basically see them as one, using the bandwidth from 
> > both and not losing connectivity unless both fail at the same time?
> >
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