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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:02:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        jason@mail.intercom.com (jason)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ethernet question.
Message-ID:  <199807210502.WAA10176@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720164427.3266B-100000@mail.intercom.com> from jason at "Jul 20, 98 04:48:09 pm"

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jason writes:
> Is it possible under FreeBSD to "bond" 2 ethernet
> cards together, simular to the MPP bonding of multiple
> modems in Win95/98/NT? I have heard that Linux has a
> ultility to bond 2 or more ethernet cards together,
> making a virtual interface with one IP address. Anyone
> port it yet? With companies like Matrox etc putting out 
> PCI ethernet cards with 4 10/100mbit ports per card,
> some very interesting things could be done.

Since Ethernet is frame oriented, you could certainly wire it
up in a point to point configuration and run PPP over it, then
use multi-link over that.

You could use the BPF driver and a hacked up user-mode ppp/mpd as
a proof of concept.

-Archie

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