Hi, On Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 8:00 AM Gary Dale <g...@extremeground.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to configure network bonding on an AMD64 system running > Debian/Trixie. I've got a wired connection and a wifi connection, both > of which work individually. I'd like them to work together to improve > the throughput but for now I'm just trying to get the bond to work. > However when I configure them, the wifi interface always shows down. > > # ip addr > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN > group default qlen 1000 > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 > inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > 2: enp10s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq > master bond0 state UP group default qlen 1000 > link/ether 3c:7c:3f:ef:15:47 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > 4: wlxc4411e319ad5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN > group default qlen 1000 > link/ether c4:41:1e:31:9a:d5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > 7: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc > noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 > link/ether 3c:7c:3f:ef:15:47 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > inet 192.168.1.20/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global bond0 > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > inet6 fe80::3e7c:3fff:feef:1547/64 scope link proto kernel_ll > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > It does this even if I pull the cable from the wired connection. The > wifi never comes up. > > Here's the /etc/network/interfaces file: > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto enp10s0 > iface enp10s0 inet manual > bond-master bond0 > bond-mode 1 > > auto wlxc4411e319ad5 > iface wlxc4411e319ad5 inet manual > bond-master bond0 > bond-mode 1 > > auto bond0 > iface bond0 inet static > address 192.168.1.20 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.1.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > bond-slaves enp10s0 wlxc4411e319ad5 > bond-mode 1 > bond-miimon 100 > bond-downdelay 200 > bond-updelay 200 > > > I'd like to get it to work in a faster mode but for now the backup at > least allows the networking to start without the wifi. Other modes seem > to disable networking until both interfaces come up, which is not a good > design decision IMHO. At least with mode 1, the network starts. > > Any ideas on how to get the wifi to work in bonding? > Probably your wifi card does not support MII, check with: ~]# ethtool wlxc4411e319ad5 | grep "Link detected:" and: ~]# cat /proc/net/bonding/bind0
