Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-10,: Re: network enhancement

# Re: network enhancement

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Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:55:39 -0500 (EST)

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This will outbound load balence the traffic and will accept on any
ineterface... But will the switches be smart enough to balence traffic out
multiple ports?

On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Sydney Alsobrook wrote:

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> Check out http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/beowulf.html it's the
> Beowulf linux cluster project they have a patch that will allow multible nic
> act as one through bonding (Just like two b-channels in ISDN
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> At 11:00 PM 3/12/98 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> >> Having to setup multiple routes is very kludgy I think even on the server
> >> side. Having multiple IP's for the server is also messy because the
> >
> >Its not hard
> >
> >> It strikes me the cleanest way to do it is to just fix the way arp is
> >> handled so that it remembers what interface the arp request came on and
> >> sends out the arp reply on the same one. As for asking for arp's, either
> >> send them on all interfaces, or send them on just one and assume the
> >> switch will send it to the rest.
> >
> >If you are going to do that you might as well just run the beowulf bonded
> >ethernet patch between the server and the switch
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