• Ubuntu,  Unix

    Link Aggregation in Ubuntu 10

    Ifenslave is an open source package that can be used to bond interfaces in Ubuntu 10. To install ifenslave, we can use apt-get: apt-get install ifenslave Once installed, we will need to take down our existing eth interfaces. Presumably these are eth0 and eth1, but you can use ifconfig to verify: ifconfig eth0 ifconfig eth1 Once you’ve verified the interfaces you want to bond, bring them down: ifdown eth0 ifdown eth1 Next, locate the entries in /etc/network/interfaces and comment out the corresponding lines: vi /etc/network/interfaces You will then need to add information for the link aggregated bond. Bond levels in ifenslave include: bond0: Round Robin with all interfaces active (likely…