auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 pre-up ifenslave -E bond0 eth0 eth1 post-down ifenslave -D bond0 eth0 eth1 bond0 comes "up" along with eth0 and eth1 as slaves with no ip addresses on the smaller 2 card nodes but it won't do the same thing on the master with 3 cards. It's driving me nuts but the switch lights are blinking and I can get 50% dropped packets so I know something is wrong.
My network topology is 2 switches on top of each other and each client puts one card into each switch at the exact same port. The switches have no knowledge or connection to each other. Is this going to work?
I would have thought that you would need to setup in the switches that the 2 connections are bonded.
Do I have to set up eth0 and eth1 at all? Or on separate networks ie 192.168.1.1 for eth0 and 192.168.0.1 for eth1 and then bond to ... what ip? Or am I on the right track and the switches need to be configured?
I didn't even know that you could bond interfaces. Tim