[clue-tech] God save us from "user-friendly" distros

[Ken MacFerrin]

adam bultman wrote:
> David, I usually configure additional interfaces in Ubuntu by
> hand-editing /etc/network/interfaces .    Copy the entry for your
> current interface and you'll be fine.
> 
> Regarding bonding, it's very easy.   There's a lot of help on the net to
> give you a hand.  Thumbnail:  apt-get install ifenslave-2.6, and then
> edit your interfaces file, using bond0 instead of eth0, and ifenslaving
> the interfaces.   This site here has good info:
> http://www.debianadmin.com/linux-ethernet-bonding-configuration.html
> 
> And your config will look like this:
> 
> iface bond0 inet static
> address 10.31.1.5
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 10.31.1.0
> gateway 10.31.1.254
> up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth0
> up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth1
> 
> 
> I only have cheapie switches at my house, so the fastest Ive been able
> to get things running is about 18-20Mbit under linux with three cards on
> each end.   I imagine if I had real switches I'd get more throughput.  
> Obviously, 3 cards won't get you 300Mbit,  but at least you'll get more
> than 100 Mbit. 
> 
> I used bonding for a while, but then got sick of it since I don't do
> THAT much transferring and it's a lot of cables.  It is nice however, to
> not have to wait so much to transfer files.   If you want any help, feel
> free to write me off list.

Sounds like time to invest in gigabit.. a definite pick me up for the
home fileserver.
-Ken