Linux interface Bonding

Bonding is a tool/technique in linux to implement network load balancing or fault tolerance.


Install module

apt-get install ifenslave-2.6


Load module with options

modprobe bonding mode=active-backup miimon=100 updelay=200 downdelay=200

active-backup or 1 mode for fault tolerance
balance-rr or 0 (default) mode for load balance


Enlist interfaces for balancing/fallback

ifenslave bond0 wlan0 eth0


Obtain ip on bond0

dhclient bond0
or
ifconfig bond0 192.168.1.5


Remove bond0 interface

rmmod bonding