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All systems need bridge-utils package installed either with yum or apt-get.   Redhat / Fedora Edit each network interface startup file that is going to be added to the bridge [root@redhat ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:C0:4F:44:41:8A ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE=br0   And create the bridge configuration file [root@redhat ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=static BROADCAST=192.168.0.255 IPADDR=192.168.0.100 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 [...]

Tags: bridge, debian, fedora, linux, network, redhat, Startup, ubuntu

I was surprised ifconfig wouldn’t return an interface for my Atheros chipset based Netgear wireless card. Unlike Redhat, Madwifi does not seem to compile on Ubuntu, no matter what version is used. Kernel headers installed, I keep getting the same error: /root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c: In function ‘ieee80211_pwrsave’: /root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:240: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__skb_append’ make[3]: *** [/root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o] [...]

Tags: Atheros, driver, linux, madwifi, Netgear, network, ubuntu, WEP, wifi, wireless, WPA

Channel bonding – or port truncking – gives the ability to apply a policy to a group of network interfaces. It is then possible to load-balance the traffic accross different ports, or keep one aside for failover.   Module Loading Declare the channel bonding bond0 interface into /etc/modprobe.conf # Channel Bonding alias bond0 bonding options [...]

Tags: bonding, channel, failover, interface, linux, load-balance, network, port, redhat, truncking