Joe Breher's spam blocker wrote:
> OK ,so I am trying to increase the throughput of an Ethernet connection
> past what can be had with a single GbE link.
>
> One machine is running XP Pro SP2. It has an Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Server
> adapter that I am using for the 'fat pipe', along with Intel's most recent
> (dl'd yesterday) ANS driver and configuration utilities. This machine also
> has another Ethernet port used for internet and network access, but not
> part of this exercise.
>
> The other box is running Fedora Core 3, with a 2.6.11.6 kernel from
> kernel.org. There are 2 GbE ports on this box, both integrated on the
> mobo, via the same 82546 Ethernet Controller chip as in the NIC in the XP
> machine. A check makes me believe I have all the necessary SW installed:
> mii, bonding, ifenslave, etc.
>
> The two machines are directly connected with two Ethernet cables - no
> switch.
>
> On the XP system, right clicking on an adapter in Device Manager brings up
> a nice GUI to configure teaming (Intel-speak for bonding):
>
> Teaming tab
> Teaming options currently set to Do not team this adapter -> change to ->
> Team with other adapters
>> New Team
> name - team0
> Select -> both Intel PRO/1000 ports
> Mode -> Adaptive Load Balancing
> team0 - 192.168.10.2
>
> On linux box:
> cat ifcfg-eth0:
> DEVICE=eth0
> MTU=9014
> USERCTL=no
> ONBOOT=yes
> MASTER=bond0
> SLAVE=yes
here
> BOOTPROTO=none
>
> cat ifcfg-eth1:
> DEVICE=eth1
> MTU=9014
> USERCTL=no
> ONBOOT=yes
> MASTER=bond0
> SLAVE=yes
and here
> BOOTPROTO=none
>
> cat ifcfg-bond0:
> DEVICE=bond0
> IPADDR=192.168.10.1
> MTU=9014
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.10.0
> BROADCAST=192.168.10.255
> ONBOOT=yes
> BOOTPROTO=none
> USERCTL=no
>
> cat modprobe | grep bond:
> alias bond0 bonding
> options bond0 mode=balance-alb miimon=100
>
> service network restart
>
> However, I cannot ping from one machine to the other - either direction.
>
> The XP GUI indicates all is well with the virtual adapter team0.
>
> /proc/net/bonding/bond0 shows what I would expect, as outlined in
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/net/bonding.txt
> as does ifconfig, and lsmod.
>
> Ethereal/Wireshark shows packets are arriving on the virtual adapters
> team0 (XP end) and bond0 (FC3 end). Recall that these mus be arriving from
> the bonded adapters on the other machine, as the cables are directly
> connected between the two machines.
>
> I'm already over my head - never tried this fat pipe stuff before. Can
> anyone lend a hand? Suggest things to check?
>
> TIA
Just a wild guess but i do not think that you should mark both cards as
slave on the linux end. Not that i know beans about bonding.
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