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This article shows how to bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces into a bond0 interface. | This article shows how to bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces into a bond0 interface. | ||
{{Note| Alpine Linux v2.4 or later is required}} | |||
==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
First, install the ''bonding'' package. This will give you support for bonding in the ''/etc/network/interfaces'' file. | First, install the ''bonding'' package. This will give you support for bonding in the ''/etc/network/interfaces'' file. | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 10 May 2012
This article shows how to bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces into a bond0 interface.
Note: Alpine Linux v2.4 or later is required
Installation
First, install the bonding package. This will give you support for bonding in the /etc/network/interfaces file.
apk add bonding
Configuration
Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file:
auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 # specify the ethernet interfaces that should be bonded bond-slaves eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3
The keyword is bond-slaves that will make ifup add the slaves to the bond0 interface.
References: http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt