On 2026 Feb 19 (Thu) at 20:13:05 +0100 (+0100), Thomas Pries wrote:
:Hi,
:
:I'm trying to set up a LACP trunk with thee links to connect to a switch. I
followed the man page:
:
:bash-5.3# ifconfig aggr0 create
:bash-5.3# ifconfig aggr0 trunkport em1
:bash-5.3# ifconfig aggr0 trunkport em2
:bash-5.3# ifconfig aggr0 trunkport em3
:bash-5.3# ifconfig aggr0 192.168.241.42/24
:bash-5.3# ifconfig aggr0 up
:
:but the aggr0 interface stays offline.
:
:bash-5.3# ifconfig
:...
:em1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
^^^^
Missing "UP".
You'll need to manually run "ifconfig em1 up" and/or add "up" to
"/etc/hostname.em1".
Ditto em2 and em3, they are not put into "UP" by aggr(4).
(also noticed by SvenF).
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