[ale] Multiple Interfaces and Routing NFS

[Jim Kinney]

It can also be done with routing if the line(s) are for WAN access.

http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-load-balancing-failover-with-dual-multi-wan-adsl-cable-connections-on-linux/

But since it's NFS traffic, you will NOT be sending that over WAN without a
vpn tunnel. That said the bonding method will be better than the route
method.

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brian,
>
> Look at ethernet-bonding in a load-balancing format. Since both nics go the
> same switch it will be very fast and easy.
>
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bonding
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a machine with three network interfaces. The wireless one should
>> be irrelevant.
>>
>> route
>> Kernel IP routing table
>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
>> Iface
>> 192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
>> wlan0
>> 192.168.186.0   *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
>> eth1
>> 192.168.186.0   *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
>> eth0
>> link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0
>> wlan0
>> default         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
>> wlan0
>>
>> My goal is to be able to manually load balance NFS traffic across the
>> two interfaces. eth1 has the address 192.168.186.1 and eth0 has the
>> address 192.168.186.2. Both are connected to the same switch. I can
>> mount the NFS share using either address. However, no matter which
>> address I use when mounting, all the traffic is sent over eth1. My
>> network foo is not strong enough for me to be certain how to easily
>> change this. Any suggestions?
>>
>> -Brian
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