[plug] Ethernet Bonding

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> Behalf Of Adrian Woodley
> Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2007 3:36 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Ethernet Bonding
> 
> By default, all interfaces in a bond group will be assigned the MAC
> address of the first slave interface.
> 
> Does anyone know a way to have each interface retain its own MAC,
> including the bond interface itself?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adrian

Why not set the ALB bond group to a fake MAC address?


In fact ifconfig or ip link should do it (it's even in the bonding FAQ
:P)
<http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bonding#Where_does_a_bonding_device
_get_its_MAC_address_from.3F>


CraigF.