Found the issue, the correct option for the bond iface definition is: bond_xmit_hash_policy layer3+4
________________________________ From: ML mail <mlnos...@yahoo.com> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:54 AM Subject: xmit_hash_policy (bonding) not working Hi, I am running Debian 7 with two NICs bonded using 802.3ad and would like to change the xmit_hash_policy from the default layer2 to layer3+4. For this purpose I have added to my bond0 iface definition in /etc/network/interfaces the following parameter: xmit_hash_policy layer3+4 Unfortunately it looks like it has no effect because /proc/net/bonding/bond0 still shows: Transmit Hash Policy: layer2 (0) Also manually trying to set this option fails: # echo 1 >/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/xmit_hash_policy bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted Does anyone have any idea? Regards, M.L.
