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SubjectRe: [PROPOSAL] Network Load Balance
I know that in windows you need a capable ethernet adapter (Intel with
adaptive load balance feature) and the intel's load balance driver. Do I
have to have special hardware or driver to make the linux kernel's bonding?



On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Ben Greear wrote:

> Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> > Here is something we did at Novell many years back that worked very well for
> > load balancing across multiple adapters. This implementation allowed up
> > to four (4) adapters to function with load balancing. To pull this off,
> > you need to spoof at the MAC laer and alter the MAC addresses in the
> > header of received frames to spoof the IP stack above. This method
> > requires **NO** changes to any protocol stacks above.
>
> How is this different from the bonding driver(s) that are already
> in the kernel?
>
> Also, round-robin type of things seem to cause trouble by re-ordering
> packets (as seen by the receiving machine).
>
> Ben
>
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