<div dir="ltr">Hey Craig and guys<div><br></div><div>Thanks for pointing that out. that gives me a much better understanding of the uses.</div><div>At least now I won't lead myself down the garden path</div><div><br></div><div>I was also toying with the idea of 10Gb/s Ethernet ;)</div><div><br></div><div>I will reply to Brad's email later.</div><div><br></div><div>Appreciate it</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Paul</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 8:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug-request@plug.org.au" target="_blank">plug-request@plug.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send plug mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Re: plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 9 (Paul Del)<br>
2. Re: broken box(still) (Paul Del)<br>
3. Re: plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 9 (Craig Foster)<br>
4. Re: Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup<br>
(Brad Campbell)<br>
5. gigabit switch recommendations (Paul Del)<br>
6. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Brad Campbell)<br>
7. Re: broken box(still) (David Dartnall)<br>
8. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Paul Dean)<br>
9. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Will Dowling)<br>
10. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Andrew Cooks)<br>
11. Re: broken box(still) (Paul Del)<br>
12. Re: gigabit switch recommendations (Paul Del)<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:55:54 +0800<br>
From: Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>><br>
To: PLUG mailing list <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [plug] plug Digest, Vol 126, Issue 9<br>
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Hey<br>
I will answer both emails together<br>
<br>
When I unplug one of the cables on the intel eepro 1000 dual card, the<br>
interfaces don't come back up<br>
depending on which one I unplug sometimes both of the interfaces didn't<br>
come back on line, have to do networking restart<br>
when I use balance-rr or active-backup mode<br>
<br>
I had disabled the onboard realtek card after the first email. So its a<br>
dual gige intel eepro 1000 mt pci-e card<br>
Basically I just want greater network throughput on my lan<br>
I would be happy using balance-tlb or balance-alb but my tp link sg3424<br>
supports 802.3ad<br>
<br>
As I was saying to Hani I have tried to follow both of these howto's<br>
<a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.unixmen.com/linux-basics-create-network-bonding-debian-7-ubuntu-13-10/" target="_blank">http://www.unixmen.com/linux-basics-create-network-bonding-debian-7-ubuntu-13-10/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
I did not set any LACP options on the NIC or switch. I did try LAG on the<br>
switch(tp link's port bonding)<br>
I did not set switch link protocol agg either<br>
(Firstly I was trying basic set up with balance-rr and active-backup to see<br>
if I could get bond0 to work before doing switch configuration)<br>
<br>
No I did not set bond-lacp-rate and bond-xmit-hash-policy. I assume that<br>
would go in /etc/network/interfaces?<br>
<br>
Am I right in assuming I only need to configure the switch with those above<br>
settings If I am only using 802.3ad?<br>
or are you saying regardless I should set LACP agg LAG and those other<br>
settings in the switch?<br>
<br>
Many thanks<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
<br>
> Message: 1<br>
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:36:24 +0800<br>
> From: Paul Dean <<a href="mailto:paul@thecave.ws">paul@thecave.ws</a>><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [plug] Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup<br>
> Message-ID: <20141115203624.47b5c160@slab4.thecave.local><br>
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> Hey Paul,<br>
><br>
> Sounds like networking is doing the right thing if you are removing both<br>
> cables from the bonded interfaces.<br>
><br>
> The question I would be asking is; Does the bond re-establish when you<br>
> plug one or both back in?<br>
><br>
> As for the 3rd on-board nic, when you say "confused" are you meaning no<br>
> traffic being passed, or something else?<br>
><br>
> Are all 3 nic's Intel? and are they all using the same driver?<br>
><br>
> As for RR or Backup, they have 2 different operations, what do you want to<br>
> achieve?<br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Paul Dean.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Message: 6<br>
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:17:11 +0800<br>
> From: Paul Dean <<a href="mailto:paul@thecave.ws">paul@thecave.ws</a>><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [plug] Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup<br>
> Message-ID: <20141116181711.4e26fbc0@slab4.thecave.local><br>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>
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> Hi Paul,<br>
><br>
> Did you set the LACP options for your bond0? ie `bond-lacp-rate` and<br>
> `bond-xmit-hash-policy`<br>
><br>
> Also maybe check the switch link agg protocol, make sure its LACP and not<br>
> something else the TP wants to use.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Paul Dean.<br>
><br>
> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:58:03 +0800<br>
> Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> >Hey Hani<br>
> ><br>
> >Thanks for your reply<br>
> ><br>
> >What I'm firstly trying to achieve is greater network throughput in my LAN<br>
> >for data transfer to from my NAS's<br>
> >From what I have read for modes balance-rr balance-tlb or balance-alb<br>
> >doesn't require switch support?<br>
> >But I am happy to do 802.3ad as my switch supports it<br>
> ><br>
> >what I have is<br>
> >in my debian 7.0 64bit pc I am running 1x intel pro 1000 mt pci-e but have<br>
> >ordered a PT model<br>
> >I have 2x netgear readynas pro's both with bonding enabled also<br>
> >also running this all through a tp link sg3424 which supports LAG<br>
> ><br>
> >my problem is I don't seem to be able to get the 2x intel pro 1000 ports<br>
> to<br>
> >be bonded properly<br>
> >I was using ifenslave on debian 64bit<br>
> >although messages, ifconfig bond0 /proc seems to show fine<br>
> >I have turned on LAG support in the tp link switch for those ports but<br>
> >doesn't seem to help<br>
> >since then I have disabled the on board nic just to be sure<br>
> >mostly been following this<br>
> ><br>
> <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html</a><br>
> ><br>
> >(bonding in Linux is new to me so I may of made a mistake)<br>
> ><br>
> >Thanks Paul<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 4:28 AM, Hani Jabr <<a href="mailto:hani@nuix.net">hani@nuix.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> Hi Paul,<br>
> >><br>
> >> What are you hoping to achieve with that setup - greater speed or<br>
> greater<br>
> >> resilience? Also, what kind of kit are you plugged in to and is it<br>
> >> configured correctly?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hani<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On 15 Nov 2014, at 18:13, Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hey guys<br>
> >><br>
> >> Any one had experience doing bonded ethernet on Debian<br>
> >> I have read a stack of Debian/Ubuntu/Red Hat Howtos and manuals<br>
> >><br>
> >> *Specically balance-rr and or active-backup mode<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/debian-ubuntu-teaming-aggregating-multiple-network-connections.html</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> I am using two interfaces on an Intel dual gigabit nic pci-e card<br>
> 82571EB<br>
> >><br>
> >> A couple of things:<br>
> >><br>
> >> my on board Ethernet(the one eth0 I'm not bonding) seems to get confused<br>
> >> with the bonded ones on the Intel pci-e card eth1 and eth2<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have tried both balance-rr and active-backup mode and when I unplug a<br>
> >> network cable both interfaces on bond0 seem to go down of line(then I do<br>
> >> /etc/init.d/networking restart<br>
> >><br>
> >> modprobe looks fine, kernel messages are shown in /var/log/messages and<br>
> I<br>
> >> can see the state changes in /proc/net/bonding/bond0<br>
> >><br>
> >> Also I have set up /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf and<br>
> >> /etc/network/interfaces with the same modes<br>
> >><br>
> >> I might be missing something obvious or not correct<br>
> >><br>
> >> Any help or comments would be helpful.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Cheers Paul<br>
> >><br>
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> >><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Paul Dean.<br>
><br>
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:05:19 +0800<br>
From: Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>><br>
To: PLUG mailing list <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>>, <a href="mailto:darts@dialix.com.au">darts@dialix.com.au</a><br>
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Hey<br>
<br>
As per all the other replies from the list, I agree<br>
gigabit pci or pci-e network cards or wireless are cheap these days<br>
<br>
If you are using Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 just steer clear from that realtek<br>
8111/8168 unless you want to manually install the driver<br>
<br>
If you really want I have stacks of network cards here, If you drive to<br>
Willetton I will give you a card for free(and test that it works)<br>
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Cheers Paul<br>
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:14:02 +0000<br>
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>Sent: Sunday, 16 November 2014 10:56 PM<br>
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<snip><br>
>So its a dual gige intel eepro 1000 mt pci-e card<br>
>Basically I just want greater network throughput on my lan<br>
<snip><br>
<br>
Per machine, you're still limited to 1Gb/s. LAG, ALB, LACP all pick one NIC to talk to a device at a time, and alter that on availability or load.<br>
There is a chance the port selection in LAG could put both the client-server and server-storage traffic on the same NIC, effectively halving throughput.<br>
<a href="http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=2490" target="_blank">http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=2490</a><br>
<br>
If you have only one machine that requires full speed access to the ReadyNAS Pro's, you could set up a separate subnet for data traffic only.<br>
Basically dedicate a NIC on each NAS and the Linux box to say 172.16 addresses (if you're not using that already) and then use the storage address to cifs/nfs mount the NAS in Linux.<br>
<br>
>I did not set any LACP options on the NIC or switch. I did try LAG on the switch (tp link's port bonding)<br>
>I did not set switch link protocol agg either<br>
>(Firstly I was trying basic set up with balance-rr and active-backup to see if I could get bond0 to work before doing switch configuration)<br>
<snip><br>
>Am I right in assuming I only need to configure the switch with those above settings If I am only using 802.3ad?<br>
>or are you saying regardless I should set LACP agg LAG and those other settings in the switch?<br>
<br>
When hooking up LAG, I would specify LACP settings on each device so each device knows what it should be listening for. LACP generally isn't passively set across all ports on a switch. Much as you specified which interfaces are LAG members in Linux, the switch needs to know which port members should be aggregated.<br>
<br>
Also, I'd settle on 802.3ad LACP on every device where possible. Asking about LAG in a networking forum will generally result in a flurry of "what type?" and "on whose equipment?"<br>
I know RAIDiator 4.1x on the Pro does 802.3ad LACP, you say your switch does it, why not follow through and specify LACP on your Linux box?<br>
<br>
>Many thanks<br>
>Paul<br>
?<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Craig Foster<br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:03:33 +0800<br>
From: Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [plug] Bonded ethernet balance-rr and or active-backup<br>
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On 16/11/14 15:58, Paul Del wrote:<br>
> Hey Hani<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your reply<br>
><br>
> What I'm firstly trying to achieve is greater network throughput in my<br>
> LAN for data transfer to from my NAS's<br>
> From what I have read for modes balance-rr balance-tlb or balance-alb<br>
> doesn't require switch support?<br>
> But I am happy to do 802.3ad as my switch supports it<br>
<br>
None of the link aggregation algorithms that are switch supported will<br>
give you more than one ports capacity on a single connection. Balance-rr<br>
will do the job, but you really need to use it nic to nic directly. I<br>
have it set up here between a pair of Intel 4 port Nic's to get about<br>
300 meg (I'm only using 3 ports) ssh or rsync connections but it is<br>
certainly point to point.<br>
<br>
<br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:47:03 +0800<br>
From: Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>><br>
To: PLUG mailing list <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>><br>
Subject: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations<br>
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Hey guys<br>
<br>
Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?<br>
<br>
My requirements are<br>
gigabit Ethernet<br>
16x ports<br>
needs to be rack mount<br>
budget is $500 max<br>
<br>
main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking<br>
for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian<br>
<br>
I already have a tp link and linksys both managed switches<br>
<br>
Thanks cheers Paul Del<br>
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:03:24 +0800<br>
From: Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>><br>
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On 17/11/14 16:47, Paul Del wrote:<br>
> Hey guys<br>
><br>
> Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?<br>
><br>
> My requirements are<br>
> gigabit Ethernet<br>
> 16x ports<br>
> needs to be rack mount<br>
> budget is $500 max<br>
><br>
> main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking<br>
> for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian<br>
<br>
You really, really need to quantify what "get greater speeds" means. If<br>
you mean you want one connection to use more than one links bandwidth<br>
then you are pretty much SOL with a switch. If you have 30 heavy duty<br>
clients and you need more than one uplink to a NAS then you will<br>
probably be ok.<br>
<br>
If you want more than one links worth of bandwidth then you need to use<br>
something like round-robin and that is pretty much not compatible with<br>
switches. I do it here to get 3G between machines, but it's strictly<br>
point to point. You won't get it to switch efficiently at all.<br>
<br>
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:09:52 +0800<br>
From: David Dartnall <<a href="mailto:darts@dialix.com.au">darts@dialix.com.au</a>><br>
To: Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>>, <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:10:18 +0800<br>
From: Paul Dean <<a href="mailto:paul@thecave.ws">paul@thecave.ws</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>
Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations<br>
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Hi,<br>
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Mmm $500 probably won't cut it mate sorry, I done what you want to do, but that was with a L3 Cisco switch, 3750, and I guess we all know how much they go for.<br>
<br>
You could try and pick up a 2nd hand 2960S from iptrading or something like that, unless someone on the mailing list has one to flog.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Paul Dean.<br>
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"Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."<br>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:03:24 +0800<br>
Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>On 17/11/14 16:47, Paul Del wrote:<br>
>> Hey guys<br>
>><br>
>> Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?<br>
>><br>
>> My requirements are<br>
>> gigabit Ethernet<br>
>> 16x ports<br>
>> needs to be rack mount<br>
>> budget is $500 max<br>
>><br>
>> main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking<br>
>> for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian<br>
><br>
>You really, really need to quantify what "get greater speeds" means. If you mean you want one connection to use more than one links bandwidth then you are pretty much SOL with a switch. If you have 30 heavy duty clients and you need more than one uplink to a NAS then you will probably be ok.<br>
><br>
>If you want more than one links worth of bandwidth then you need to use something like round-robin and that is pretty much not compatible with switches. I do it here to get 3G between machines, but it's strictly point to point. You won't get it to switch efficiently at all.<br>
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:19:32 +0800<br>
From: Will Dowling <<a href="mailto:will@autodeist.com">will@autodeist.com</a>><br>
To: Paul Dean <<a href="mailto:paul@thecave.ws">paul@thecave.ws</a>>, <a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>
Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations<br>
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I?ve had good experience with the GS108T which is an 8 port gigabit switch with VLAN and LACP support.<br>
Web interface is a bit dicky for PVC/VLAN assignment but otherwise ok.<br>
<br>
The equivalent 16 port model looks to be the GS716Tv3.<br>
Quick googling puts this in at the sub-$300 shipped.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/GS716Tv3-GS724Tv4-GS748Tv5.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/GS716Tv3-GS724Tv4-GS748Tv5.pdf</a><br>
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Will Dowling<br>
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T: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%280407%29%20421%20559" value="+61407421559">+61 (0407) 421 559</a><br>
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Message: 10<br>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:39:17 +0800<br>
From: Andrew Cooks <<a href="mailto:acooks@gmail.com">acooks@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Will Dowling <<a href="mailto:will@autodeist.com">will@autodeist.com</a>><br>
Cc: Paul Dean <<a href="mailto:paul@thecave.ws">paul@thecave.ws</a>>, "<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [plug] gigabit switch recommendations<br>
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I've used the GS716T for VLANs and QoS stuff and generally like it, but I<br>
haven't used it for LACP.<br>
<br>
There seems to be some conflicting info about whether it supports the mode<br>
that Paul needs (See <a href="http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=33552" target="_blank">http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=33552</a>).<br>
Maybe earlier models had issues and it could be that they fixed it at some<br>
point.<br>
<br>
a.<br>
<br>
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Will Dowling <<a href="mailto:will@autodeist.com">will@autodeist.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I?ve had good experience with the GS108T which is an 8 port gigabit switch<br>
> with VLAN and LACP support.<br>
> Web interface is a bit dicky for PVC/VLAN assignment but otherwise ok.<br>
><br>
> The equivalent 16 port model looks to be the GS716Tv3.<br>
> Quick googling puts this in at the sub-$300 shipped.<br>
><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/GS716Tv3-GS724Tv4-GS748Tv5.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/GS716Tv3-GS724Tv4-GS748Tv5.pdf</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> Will Dowling<br>
><br>
> T: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%280407%29%20421%20559" value="+61407421559">+61 (0407) 421 559</a><br>
> F: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%2808%29%206364%204881" value="+61863644881">+61 (08) 6364 4881</a><br>
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Message: 11<br>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:49:28 +0800<br>
From: Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>><br>
To: David Dartnall <<a href="mailto:darts@dialix.com.au">darts@dialix.com.au</a>><br>
Cc: PLUG mailing list <<a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [plug] broken box(still)<br>
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Good to hear its now sorted.<br>
<br>
Can't hurt to know, at least you have more information now.<br>
<br>
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:09 PM, David Dartnall <<a href="mailto:darts@dialix.com.au">darts@dialix.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 16/11/14 23:05, Paul Del wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hey<br>
><br>
> As per all the other replies from the list, I agree<br>
> gigabit pci or pci-e network cards or wireless are cheap these days<br>
><br>
> If you are using Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 just steer clear from that realtek<br>
> 8111/8168 unless you want to manually install the driver<br>
><br>
> If you really want I have stacks of network cards here, If you drive to<br>
> Willetton I will give you a card for free(and test that it works)<br>
><br>
> Cheers Paul<br>
><br>
><br>
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> Thank you Paul, even though the PC Doctor told me that it didn't see his<br>
> modem when I took it to him, as a last resort, I went out and bought a new<br>
> modem router this afternoon - works fine!<br>
><br>
> So I apologise for wasting everybody's time over this - I was on the wrong<br>
> foot right from the beginning!<br>
><br>
> Happy Christmas to all!<br>
><br>
> Dave Dartnall<br>
><br>
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Message: 12<br>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:55:57 +0800<br>
From: Paul Del <<a href="mailto:p@delfante.it">p@delfante.it</a>><br>
To: Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>>, PLUG mailing list<br>
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I kept it pretty simple because as long as it's faster than a single port I<br>
would be happy<br>
If I can get the speed of 2x gigabit ports that would be excellent<br>
I have the linksys and tp link switch, but would like to compare it to<br>
another brand for the trunking/bonding<br>
<br>
it's only really for use on my home office LAN with a few clients and 2x<br>
NAS boxes and they do bonding on dual gigabit ports also<br>
<br>
I saw the mode balance-rr and that was the first one I was trying<br>
I will just be going point to point also.<br>
<br>
thanks for the advice. I will test round robin mode and check the LACP<br>
options in my switch<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 17/11/14 16:47, Paul Del wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hey guys<br>
>><br>
>> Any recommendations for a gigabit switch brand/type?<br>
>><br>
>> My requirements are<br>
>> gigabit Ethernet<br>
>> 16x ports<br>
>> needs to be rack mount<br>
>> budget is $500 max<br>
>><br>
>> main thing I require is link aggregation/port trunking<br>
>> for bonding to get greater speeds/throughput in Debian<br>
>><br>
><br>
> You really, really need to quantify what "get greater speeds" means. If<br>
> you mean you want one connection to use more than one links bandwidth then<br>
> you are pretty much SOL with a switch. If you have 30 heavy duty clients<br>
> and you need more than one uplink to a NAS then you will probably be ok.<br>
><br>
> If you want more than one links worth of bandwidth then you need to use<br>
> something like round-robin and that is pretty much not compatible with<br>
> switches. I do it here to get 3G between machines, but it's strictly point<br>
> to point. You won't get it to switch efficiently at all.<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Deltek Technology in Perth, WA<br>
Ph:61 08 636-55-618 <a href="mailto:E%3Ap@delfante.it">E:p@delfante.it</a> W:<a href="http://deltek.net.au" target="_blank">deltek.net.au</a><br>
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