Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:02:48 +0000 From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> To: Matt <mhersant@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: network trunkin Message-ID: <20050110060248.GH709@empiric.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <41E10BF2.6050101@comcast.net> References: <41E10BF2.6050101@comcast.net>
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On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 02:48:18AM -0800, Matt wrote: > Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports trunking? By that I mean spreading > network traffic over multiple interfaces to achieve a higher aggregate > throughtput. I've used this with Solaris. Thanks. Were you thinking of any particular Ethernet trunking standard? I assume you're referring to Ethernet. ng_fec(4) is a Netgraph node which suports Fast EtherChannel, which is a Cisco-ism. It may not be what you want. The IEEE standard for Ethernet trunking is 802.3ad Link Aggregation (aka LACP in Cisco-ese). As far as I know we don't currently support 802.3ad. You might also wish to investigate ng_one2many(4), which is a bit more simplistic. Regards, BMS
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