[K12OSN] K12OSN Digest, Vol 75, Issue 7
Burke Almquist
burke at thealmquists.net
Sun May 16 00:39:56 UTC 2010
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On May 15, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Mathieu Pelletier wrote:
> Thanks for the pointers, Almquist. I have turned down the
> resolution to 16, though I may go lower as a stop-gap measure until
> I get my new switches. My setup is a mixed environment where my
> server is a dhcp server for both my larger network and for my ltsp
> clients, thus I have two nics. One of the nics I have designated
> to serve the clients and the other to server the rest of the
> network. I might actually pop in a third gigabit card as you
> suggested, but I am not sure how to "trunk" the two cards together
> as you mentioned. Do you have any instructions on how to do this,
> or should I just 'google' it?
>
> ~Cheers,
You just want to replace the network card that is serving the clients
with a gigabit one. Have that card plugged into a server with a pair
of gigabit ports and a whole bunch of 10/100 ports for the clients.
If getting a new switch and a gigabit card for your server isn't an
option, then you could try bonding a pair or 10/100 cards by adding a
third card and making both the new card and the old card serving the
clients as a bonded pair. I'll warn you that your switch has to
support this feature for it to work. You usually see it in larger
business style switched with more that a dozen ports, rarely will
this work on home/desktop switch.
Google 'fedora network interface bonding' and you should get a couple
good guides. I haven't had a reason to bond cards myself so I won't
be much help to you there, I just know it can be done.
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