Ethernet Bonding (Linux)

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"Bonding ethernet channels in Linux is easy. With the right configuration and hardware, it can be done in minutes.

"In this example, I have a 4 port intel Gigabit card and I wanted to utilize this and my Network switches LACP/LAG capability. Lets assume we have the Network switch part already configured to have its ports utilize LACP/LAG.

"On the RHEL 4.3 server that is hosting my samba file server below are the steps outlined to configure ethernet channel bonding/teaming on the RHEL 4.3 server."

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