Re: [CentOS] SOLVED: Bonding and network cards

2008-12-04 Thread Ralph Angenendt
David Hrbáč wrote: > So finally got it working, r8169 is a piece of crap, at least at 2.6.18 > kernel :o). I think you can drop the last part. They are cheap and good for home use, I definitely wouldn't use them in a server environment. Although the driver source seems to imply that mii (or etht

Re: [CentOS] SOLVED: Bonding and network cards

2008-12-03 Thread David Hrbáč
David Hrbáč napsal(a): > Just for the record: > 1. dhcp on bonding adapter with 802.3ad is not going to work, use static one > 2. modes 5,6 work both static and dhpc > 3. mode 5 works pretty well across multiple switch units > 4. mode 6 does not > 5. 802.3ad reacts the most slowly, you have to set

Re: [CentOS] SOLVED: Bonding and network cards

2008-12-03 Thread David Hrbáč
Ralph Angenendt napsal(a): > That is strange. But you shouldn't be needing mii, use_carrier should be > working with modern cards - if they come up at once. > > I have bonding on 2 Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T where the > card takes so long to come up that the bonding driver assumes th