[vdr] Re: AW: VDR-Network-Traffic-Managment

[Steffen Koch <Steffen.Koch@sphinx-electronics.de>]

Andreas Roedl wrote:
>>There is a load balencing driver for linux that handles that stuff
>>automatically
> The Linux Kernel supports "Ethernet Bonding":
That was the term I was looking for... ;-)

> Bonding driver support
> CONFIG_BONDING
>   Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
>   Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
>   'Trunking' by Sun, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
> 
>   If you have two Ethernet connections to some other computer, you can
>   make them behave like one double speed connection using this driver.
>   Naturally, this has to be supported at the other end as well, either
>   with a similar Bonding Linux driver, a Cisco 5500 switch or a
>   SunTrunking SunSoft driver.
Or from a 3com SuperStackII switch upwards