“Bonding is the same as port trunking. In the following I will
use the word bonding because practically we will bond interfaces as
one. Bonding allows you to aggregate multiple ports into a single
group, effectively combining the bandwidth into a single
connection. Bonding also allows you to create multi-gigabit pipes
to transport traffic through the highest traffic areas of your
network. For example, you can aggregate three megabits ports into a
three-megabits trunk port. That is equivalent with having one
interface with three megabytes speed…”
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