Re: enable bonding

[Joost De Cock <joost.decock@astrid.be>]

Quoting Jacob Friis Larsen <jfl@list.idg.dk>:

> > But I don't know how to enable ifenslave at boot?
> > # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1
> >
> > Can I put that in /etc/network/interfaces?
>
> Sorry, by Googling I found some options.
> Is it correct below?
>
> # apt-get install ifenslave
> In /etc/modules i put "bonding".
> In /etc/network/interfaces I put this:
> auto bond0
> iface bond0 inet static
>      address 1.2.3.4
>      netmask 1.2.3.4
>      gateway 1.2.3.4
>      up ifenslave bond0 eth0
>      up ifenslave bond0 eth1
>      post-down ifconfig eth1 down
>      post-down ifconfig eth0 down
>


See, you're smarter than I am :)
It looks ok to me, I forgot about this (from the man file) in my previous post:
up command
              Run command after bringing the interface up.

So it seems to me like you're ready to roll. Why don't you give it a go with:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

joost


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