On Sat, 15 May 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 14 May 1999 at 21:15:33 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (May 14), David Scheidt said:
> >> On Sat, 15 May 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> :It seems there's a need, and the possibility. Would somebody like
> >> :to suggest a syntax?
> >>
> >> ifconfig interface ether ab:cd:ef:fe:dc:ab [options]
> >>
> >> makes sense to me.
> >
> > And the next step would be to make the kernel realize that two cards
> > ifconfig'd with the same MAC address are meant to be bonded together as
> > one route (lots of switches support this). I have some machines that
> > I'd love to be able to get 20MB/sec bandwidth between transparently.
>
> I think you need to reconsider that idea. How are you going to double
> the bandwidth of the wire?
>
The cards don't have to be on the same wire, they just need to connect to
the same switch.
Indeed, I don't think two cards can be on the same wire with 10/100BaseT/TX.
> Greg
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