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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I installed a fresh copy of Debian Sarge on a server with two NICs, when I bind the interfaces together I receive some unexpected behavior.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">It seems as if one of the interfaces quit working (both interfaces work</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">fine independently with unique IPs)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">ii-tool shows both of the interfaces as being active.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">When I ssh to the bond interface, it takes, literally, 3-5 minutes to process an</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ls</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> command through the ssh session.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">When I try to ping the bond interface from a machine on the local LAN, I receiv</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">e the following</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ll usually receive a 66% packet loss,</FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">of the time I receive a 100% packet loss for hundreds of packets</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and vice versa.</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri"> It seems that traffic eventually gets through</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us">.</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I also get the same result</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">s when I try to ping any other machine on the local LAN from the workstation itself.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m looking for some possible</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">next step</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> suggestions on what I can test</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us">.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Here</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s my setup</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us">.</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">/etc/modutils/aliases:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">alias bond0 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">bonding </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">alias eth0 e100</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">alias eth1 e100</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">options bond0 miimon=100 mode=0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">/etc/modutils/actions:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">probeall bond0 eth0 eth1 bonding</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">/etc/network/interfaces:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">auto</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">bond</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">0 </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">iface</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">bond</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">0 inet static</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> address 192.168.1.23 </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> netmask 255.255.255.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> gateway 192.</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">168.1.1</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> up ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> down ifenslave -d bond0 eth0 eth1</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">(all modules ar</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">e present on the system and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">list from an lsmod</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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