Nicklas Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Is this possible? Its possible in windows throught Wingate. Is this possible in Mac OS ? Thanks in advance, im trying to bond 2 internet connections. And i do have 2 NIC working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I've never tried it myself, but I think you can do it in the Networking Preferences by creating a new aggregate device that uses the two NICs. I'm not on a Mac right now so I can't check (Windows at work ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I have never tried that but here's what I found via Google: http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/206475...load-balancing/ Cheers, hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lude Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I am interested to know how the aggregation works in osx. I would like to link 4 ports together so I can get +200MByte/sec transfers on single afp file transfers, IE edit uncompressed HD video. Anyone got a clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_l_brookes Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I've been working on this recently, it pretty simple if you have the correct hardware, if your switch doesn't support 802.3ad (LACP) then don't bother reading any more. You obviously need at least 2 NICS in the MAC Server/Workstation, in Network Preferences select "NEW" give the connection a name and then select "Aggregation" from the drop down menu. Select the NICS you want to team up and then setup the IP configuration as required. The next part is a little more complex depending on your switch. You are looking to do one of the following with the ports that your NICS you have teamed are connected to on your switch: Grouping, EtherChannel, Partner... These are the various namings for this I've com across... Hope this helps. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I am wondering if anyone has yet attempted this. Actually found this thread while googling how to bond my two nics. In my home environment this could be a real benefit to me. I have already attempted to create a bond-nic. It SEEMS to work, even grabbing a fresh IP address but when I actually try to make an outbound connection my traffic seems to go nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Abrahams Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 My motivation for wanting this isn't bandwidth: I don't want to lose my ssh connections, etc., every time I decide to plug or unplug an ethernet cable on my macbook, wherre I still have a perfectly good wireless connection. It should in principle be possible to have my programs talk to a "virtual" bonded interface and let the physical hardware connect to whatever's available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentofkaos Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 can you bond or team ethernet interfaces in Mac OS X? Yes, but as a previous poster said you need a switch that supports it. can it increase your afp transfers? No, apparently afp will only use one interface even if they are bonded Can I use 2 internet connections on a Mac at the same time? yes, but unless you run router software, or can use the command line you won't have much control. If you want to use 2 internet connections simultaneously, get a Netgear fvs336g or Linksys equivalent. This will give you fast downloads, and reasonable control over what goes where. want fast video transfers over ethernet? use iscsi and openfiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetpot Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Is this possible? Its possible in windows throught Wingate. Is this possible in Mac OS ? Thanks in advance, im trying to bond 2 internet connections. And i do have 2 NIC working. You should be able to do this with interface bonding using ifconfig in Terminal This kind of configuration will probably require root privileges so you will need to use sudo ifconfig here is a link to the man page http://developer.apple.com/documentation/D...ifconfig.8.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Abrahams Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 My motivation for wanting this isn't bandwidth: I don't want to lose my ssh connections, etc., every time I decide to plug or unplug an ethernet cable on my macbook, wherre I still have a perfectly good wireless connection. It should in principle be possible to have my programs talk to a "virtual" bonded interface and let the physical hardware connect to whatever's available. Unfortunately, it seems it's not possible: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t...31&tstart=0 That's sad; it seems as though it should be possible to do something like this, even if it means creating some kind of software NIC and not relying on 802.3 bonding per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jabbawok Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Hi friends, I was looking for some information about the garden tools but still unable to find the rarlevent information so it would be great if any one can refer me a page with the required information. This is your best bet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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