On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 9:16 AM Kevin P. Fleming <ke...@km6g.us> wrote:
> While I can't comment on the specifics of configuring systemd-networkd > to use ports through DSA (although the linked GitHub issue shows that > it can be done), I really doubt you are going to be able to > successfully bond any group of such ports, because they all have the > same MAC address. In your proposed configuration, you have a NIC > connected to a switch (internal to your system), which would then have > multiple ports connected to *another* switch. Unless the switches > involved support STP or some other loop-avoidance mechanism, you will > get a switching loop in this configuration. > > Connecting multiple ports between two switches requires cooperation in > the switches (STP, or LACP, or something else).ds, > > So a primer on DSA: https://docs.phyglos.org/kernel/networking/dsa/configuration.html You can make the switch ports act as individual network interfaces (called single port in that web link) that won't create switch loops. The pre-cursor to DSA that the OpenWRT guys use does the same thing. It can bust a switch up into individual ports ... then you can do whatever you want with them. Regards, Brian
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