Re: [K12OSN] LTSP channel bonding how-to

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sweet, printing this out ASAP =) thnx for posting exactly what you did, 
will come in handy

Caleb wrote:

>If you have a large number of terminals running on one server, you may
>run into a network bottleneck at your server. It would be nice to
>replace that 10/100 setup with gigabit and get more bandwidth, but some
>of us can't afford that solution (after all, part of the beauty of this
>open source solution is that it's free). You can add another 10/100 nic
>to your server and get more bandwidth that way via channel bonding. It's
>easy. 
>
>Step 1: 
>Install the extra nic. This can be done with a current ltsp setup or
>before a fresh install. Don't worry about assigning any address to it
>because we will change that later. 
>
>Step 2: 
>Modify /etc/modules.conf by adding the line: 
>
>alias bond0 bonding 
>
>Step 3: 
>Add a new file ifcfg-bond0 in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. The
>contents of this file should be the following: 
>
>DEVICE=bond0 
>USERCTL=no 
>ONBOOT=yes 
>BOOTPROTO=none 
>BROADCAST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
>NETWORK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
>NETMASK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
>IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
>
>You should fill in the x's with the same network information as the ethx
>that this new bonded interface will be taking the place of. 
>
>Step 4: 
>The configuration files for both your intranet nics (example: ifcfg-eth0
>in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/) should be modified as follows: 
>
>
>DEVICE=ethx 
>USERCTL=no 
>ONBOOT=yes 
>MASTER=bond0 
>SLAVE=yes 
>BOOTPROTO=none 
>
>Again, where "x" in ethx is the number of your interface. 
>
>Step 5: 
>Open the dhcpd script (located in /etc/init.d/) in a text editor and
>modify the line that says:
>
>daemon /usr/sbin/dhcpd eth0
>
>so that it says:
>
>daemon /usr/sbin/dhcpd bond0
>
>Step 6:
>A network and dhcp restart may not work so reboot the server.
>
>
>
>
>  
>




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