Re: [Avid-L2] Connecting two MacPros via dual gigabit ethernet and multipathing?

Thanks all for the feedback on this.

Yes, what I am trying to do is "link aggregation"... I called it multipathing, since sometimes that terminology is used when connecting fiber JBODs with multiple links.

As a number of people have pointed out, you can create a virtual network interface in the networking system preferences which is an aggregate of your two gigabit network ports.
I've done this, but so far it doesn't work (although I have a "connected" status". I think I just need to play around a bit with the IP addresses / Gateway / etc.

Thanks all for pointing me in the right direction with this.

Best-
-Nat

p.s.
As a number of people have pointed out, crossover cables are no longer neccesary with almost all modern networking gear including the ports on the macpros, which are "auto-sensing".

-N

On Aug 18, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Don Stephens wrote:

> Tim, thanks for that link. I just gave it a try on Mac OS 10.5.8
> (non-server) and found it by typing "Aggregate" into the FIND toolbar on the
> System Preferences. This opened up the Network pref with a window allowing
> me to make a new Link Aggregate.
>
> I didn't actually test it, but it does appear to be a possibility in the
> non-server version.
> --Don
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp>wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> > 3) "Link Aggregation" (is this what you mean by "multipath"?)
> > lets you hook up those two ethernet ports on each Mac to the
> > other Mac, and run it as one network, giving you a single 2
> > gigabit network instead of the two 1 gigabit networks option 2)
> > above gives you. This article talks about how to set that up on
> > OSX server. You might be able to do it on the normal OS... can't
> > check for you as I'm at home and our MacPros are at work...
> > <
> > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=serveradmin/10.4/en/c3ha3.html
> > >
> >
> > --
> Don V. Stephens III
> Freelance Avid Editor
> Critical Mass Productions, L.L.C.
> http://www.CMPedge.com/
>
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>
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