Ethernet Bonding

[Andrei Kolu]

On Monday 03 September 2007 15:16:20 Christian Brueffer wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:59:47PM +0200, mer mite wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm looking for a way to provide ethernet interface bonding in FreeBSD
> > similar to ipmp in Solaris or just ethernet bonding in Linux.  Don't want
> > to do anything fancy.  Just want a second interface to take over for one
> > which has failed.  Preferable would be a solution that doesn't require a
> > specific configuration on our switches or routers.
> >
> > I have perused the www and have found multiple articles describing the
> > procedure in HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, etc., but nothing for FreeBSD.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your responses.
>
> Take a look at lagg(4), it's available in 6-STABLE (not included in any
> release yet, 6.3 will be the first one shipping with it).
>
> - Christian
You can use bond interfaces with netgraph:

http://www.vorant.com/nsmwiki/index.php?title=FreeBSD_Netgraph_Port_Bonding