Re: [SLUG] NFS and bandwidth bind nics

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 00:37:41 EDT


Jeepers, I never thought I'd somebody bother with a spec for IP over
1394. That's neat, but I don't know how much demand there is when
there's gigabit Ethernet.

I think I'll work on a spec for IP over concrete; that way, people
can get their email through their tennis shoes. How about IP over
plywood?...plywood is good.

Mario

>On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 13:40, Patrick (at work) wrote:
>> Question is how can it be done with Linux.
>>
>> From: "Mario Lombardo" <mario@alienscience.com>
>> > I didn't know you could bind ports like that. Cool!
>
>You *can* bind ports like that, and it's a feature of the native 2.4
>kernel, but it's not trivial to do and does require a decent ethernet
>switch that supports ethernet "bonding".
>
>If the network is your bottleneck though, this is an option.
>
>Another option is to use IP over IEEE-1394 firewire.
>400Mbps vs 100Mbps. Unfortunately, cables are a bit beyond cat5, and I
>can't say I've ever seen a firewire end crimper for making your own
>cables ;)
>
>- Ian



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