Bindings- Nics

[neo_kre8or]

Is it possible in Linux (Im currently running Red Hat 7.3) to bind 2 Network cards that are exactly the same to the same IP address

I know how to do this in windows but being able to do this in linux has me somewhat confused.

Thanks

[nikhil]

just a thought , but why would you want to bind 2 different network cards to the same ip in the first place?

[neo_kre8or]

I want to be able to share the load of the network activity between 2 or 3 network cards

Just looking into possibilities - Also thought about Gigabit Network Switch and card- but 2 expensive

[andutt]

Yes its possible, but you must have a teaming/bounding driver for your network interfaces...you can use fault tolerance or performance team:s depending on what you want, you can check on how i teamed 2nics on a compaq proliant server on my site.

http://www.utterberg.com/

Regards

[neo_kre8or]

As i havent actually purchased any network cards yest - is there any cards that anybody could recommend???

[l_bonkers]

I really like SMC cards, but that's just cuz they're dirty cheap and very very compatible with every OS I've used, ever. And I've never had one go bad on me. In my history of NICs (like 25'ish) I've only had one go out.... That happens when you drop then 10 feet onto your hard granite floor, and that one was a d-link.

[andutt]

When your are checking around now so make sure the the nics supports to work in team.

Regards

[andutt]

When your are checking around now so make sure that the nics you are choosing supports to work in team.

Regards