if i recall correctly.. alb slaves are both active and the one showing is just the current active... alb is using hashing to determined which slave interface should be use for this client.. hash value is based on client's address.. if both clients hash value are on the same index.. then it will be using the same slave... but read the bond alb source code to know the details...
for the meantime.. check your mtu if it sets to jumbo frames (eg. mtu 9000 ) as you can't saturate your gigabit card if you are only using mtu 1500... fooler. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:34 AM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello PLUGgers! > > > I have a small setup here in the office to test NIC bonding performance, > specifically balance-alb or mode 6. So I have the ff. machines: > > 1) SERVER: a desktop PC with two LAN ports (the mobo-built-in one plus a > PCI-card one, both are Realtek chipset using the r8169 driver) > > 2) CLIENT-A: a desktop PC with just 1 LAN port - the built-in one. > > 3) CLIENT-B: a laptop with a built-in LAN port. > > 4) An 8-port unmanaged Cisco/Linksys switch. > > All LAN ports in all machines are capable of 1GigE. > > > My goal is to see if the following will hold true: > > a) Simultaneous transfer of a 32GB-sized file from both CLIENT-A and > CLIENT-B to SERVER and getting a sustained transfer rate of 100MBps or so > per client. > > b) Simultaneous transfer of a 32GB-sized file from SERVER to both clients > and getting a sustained transfer rate of 100MBps or so per client. > > > However, I can't seem to achieve either of the goal. > > After a lot of googling around, "cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0" shows that > while both ethernet ports are slaved, only one is active. > > How do I make both slaves active? My Google Fu is failing me on this. > > > --- mike t. > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
