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Date:      Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:48:20 -0700
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To:        andrea@brancatelli.it
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: lagg LACP between two hosts
Message-ID:  <20090430194820.GA67455@citylink.fud.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <z4W6tEXK.1241118844.6532580.andrea@brancatelli.it>
References:  <z4W6tEXK.1241118844.6532580.andrea@brancatelli.it>

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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 09:14:04PM +0200, andrea@brancatelli.it wrote:
> 
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I have a strange curiosity maybe you can clarify me :-)
> 
> Is it possible to do a LACP lagg connection directly between two hosts
> using two gigalan and two crossed cables? Or maybe three... ;-)

Yes, that will work fine. The load balancing across the link uses the
mac+ip to hash so you need variation in those to split the traffic.


Andrew



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