Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Lee Riemer <lriemer at bestline.net> wrote: > Do you need multiple destination IPs to properly balance? It is my > understanding that a single stream will only traverse a single link. Hence > the MPIO requirement. Actually, balance-rr is the only mode that can stripe a single packet stream across multiple interfaces. However, it requires the cooperation of your switch. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bonding#Configuring_Bonding_for_Maximum_Throughput "This mode requires the switch to have the appropriate ports configured for "etherchannel" or "trunking."