[K12OSN] K12OSN Digest, Vol 75, Issue 7

[Burke Almquist]

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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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