Recent content by FredZ

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    [SOLVED] Backup network connection

    OK, after some googling and trying I've managed to get things working as expected. /etc/network/interfaces Notes: All nics in the bond have to be configured as slaves. The order of the bond-slaves is importent "master slave slave". bridge-ports = the bond not the nic. I have also discovered...
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    [SOLVED] Backup network connection

    Hello all I am wanting to setup a backup network connection for my server, but I'm having issues due to my lack of knowledge/understanding. Primary link is a 10G fiber link Secondary is a 1G ethernet link Both links are on seperate switches. I would like everything to be automatic in that if...
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    aggregation/bonding advice

    OK, so I may have answered my own question. Here are my changes. auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface enp4s0f0 inet manual iface enp4s0f1 inet manual iface enp5s0f0 inet manual iface enp5s0f1 inet manual auto bond0 iface bond0 inet manual gateway 192.168.1.1 bond-slaves...
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    aggregation/bonding advice

    Hello all. PM newby, so please bare with me as I ask what may appear to be a silly question. I've just upgraded my LAN. I installed 2 x SMCGS-18C switches and aggregated (LACP) 4 ports to give me a 4gb backbone between the 2 switches. As my server has 4 x 1gb ports I thought I would attempt to...