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Subject: Re: etherchannel 
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This is primarily conditional on Cisco or some other party making the
specifications for etherchannel freely available.  The last time I went 
looking for any actual documentation on how to format things on the wire, 
I drew a complete blank.

Then we just need someone to lend a developer the requisite hardware...

> I think someone got me wrong there:
> 
> What I would like to ask the freebsd core team is if
> an implementation of the etherchannel capability - the
> way cisco uses the term - is planned in further
> development (for multiple physical ethernet
> interfaces not for isdn links). E.g. for channeling
> all four ports of an Adaptec Starfire QuadPort card
> to a cisco 6500 ;-)
> So if anyone of the core team reads this
> message just a quick reply would be much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Andreas
> 
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> Andreas Brodmann
> Network Management
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> Gen. Migros Aare
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