In my case, each Ethernet interface has its own unique MAC address. Dave
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Hector Herrera <hectorherr...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:22 PM, David Devereaux-Weber > <ddevereauxwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Chris, > > > > I work with iHDTV <http://ihdtv.org>, a project that sends uncompressed > high > > definition television (1.5 Gbps) as UDP over two 1 Gbps interfaces. If > both > > interfaces are on the same subnet, the OS sees the same router (gateway) > > address on both interfaces, and the results are sub-optimal ... around > 50% > > packet loss. > > packet loss is probably due to the network switch having to re-learn > the location of the MAC address constantly as it sees packets on two > or more ports with the same MAC address (think STP loops). > > If your network stack and network device (switch) supports LACP, then > you can have multiple connections between a host and a network device. > That is a very easy way to increase capacity and add redundancy. > > That is how all of our VMWare ESX 3.5i servers are connected. > > Hector >
