[TriLUG] Attn: Samba Experts - Two Nics on same subnet?

[bp]

Bonding two nics would require me to get into the IOS features of the 
cisco switch...  We don't get that kind of access. 
So am I really better off pulling that second nic then?  -bp

Jason Tower wrote:

>depending on what nics you have you can team or bond two nics to act as one 
>(which can provide better throughput and redundancy), but i think you might 
>need the switch to support that kind of thing as well.  otherwise i wouldn't 
>do it - two interfaces on the same subnet can cause all kinds of problems 
>that will likely far outweigh any performance benefits you're likely to 
>receive.
>
>jason
>
>On Wednesday 18 June 2003 12:25, bp wrote:
>  
>
>>You may remember my post last week about replacing a part-time w2k file
>>server with a dedicated linux file server.
>>Well, Here's my machine.  Pieced together from lab parts & has a 120gb
>>present from the lab manager on the way.
>>
>>A Compaq PC6000, 300mhz P2, 256MB ram
>>+Primary IDE
>>    cdrom
>>    ibm deskstar 15gb (swap, home, & tmp partions here)
>>+Secondary IDE
>>    120 gb drive (soon, already ordered, huge public share)
>>+Onboard SCSI2
>>    wd 4.3 gb drive  (planning to install RH9 here)
>>PCI 10/100 Ethernet card (dns/ip=x1)
>>Onboard ethernet port  (dns/ip=fs)
>>
>>The question.  I think I've got the hardware laid out as best I can
>>performance wise.  Now the question is with samba.  I have two static ip
>>addresses available as noted above.  I was hoping that my bottle next
>>will be the 10mb/s cisco switches we are on, so my first thought is to
>>run cables to two different switches and have samba listen to all
>>interfaces.  But then clients will have to use \\x1.lab.x.y\share OR
>>\\fs.lab.x.y\share to get the "closer" or "less congested" interface?
>>
>>Are their any samba tricks for having two nic's on the same subnet to
>>boost performance?
>>
>>*Ideally* i'd like to balance samba traffic across the two interfaces.
>>
>>I've tried something like this in the past and it seemed that only one
>>nic ever got used.  But then again, I didn't know what I was doing. ;-)
>>
>>Any advice appreciated.
>>-bp
>>