Manual:Interface/Bonding

Summary

Bonding is a technology that allows to aggregate multiple ethernet-like interfaces into a single virtual link, thus getting higher data rates and providing failover

Quick Setup Guide

Let us assume that we have 2 NICs in each router (Router1 and Router2) and want to get maximum data rate between 2 routers. To make this possible, follow these steps:

• Make sure that you do not have IP addresses on interfaces which will be enslaved for bonding interface!

• Add bonding interface on Router1:

[admin@Router1] interface bonding> add slaves=ether1,ether2

And on Router2:

[admin@Router2] interface bonding> add slaves=ether1,ether2

Add addresses to bonding interfaces:

[admin@Router1] ip address> add address=172.16.0.1/24 interface=bonding1
[admin@Router2] ip address> add address=172.16.0.2/24 interface=bonding1

Test the link from Router1:

     [admin@Router1] interface bonding> /pi 172.16.0.2
     172.16.0.2 ping timeout
     172.16.0.2 ping timeout
     172.16.0.2 ping timeout
     172.16.0.2 64 byte ping: ttl=64 time=2 ms
     172.16.0.2 64 byte ping: ttl=64 time=2 ms

Note that bonding interface needs a couple of seconds to get connectivity with its peer.