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 ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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