YOu can try ng_fec which is Etherchannel, not sure if it works in FreeBSD
5.x properly, it did in 4.x


Cheers
Paul

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Dave+Seddon wrote:

>Greetings,
>
> - Gig cards are cheap.
> - PCI bus throughput is really bad (like 32MB/s)
> - There is no easy way to "bond" on FreeBSD, but you can just use multiple
>IP addresses.  It would be cool to have something like Etherchannel, but
>that doesn't work.  Solaris has Etherchannel.
>
>Regards,
>Dave
>
>
>Gary D. Margiotta writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Probably a stupid question, but I've not had much luck searching for the
>> answers (probably because I'm not using the correct search terminology).
>>
>> Is there a way to bond multiple network cards together, so as to get a
>> higher aggregate bandwith?  And also, if it is possible, is it recommended
>> to do so, or am I looking at more trouble than its worth?
>>
>> Thanks to a liquidation of office equipment from a previous employer, I
>> ended up with several Intel series 10/100 switches (530 host and 535
>> member series), and a whole basket of Intel and 3Com 10/100 network cards.
>>
>> Rather than going out and buying new gigabit hardware, and since I have
>> the spare PCI slots, switch ports and cards lying around, I'm curious to
>> see if this could be a solution.
>>
>> Please cc: replies directly to me, as I'm not subscribed to this
>> particular list (and if this really should belong on another list, please
>> let me know as well, and I'll repost).
>>
>> Thanks for any info,
>>
>> -Gary
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