Subject: [netatalk-admins] Multiple network interfaces
From: Robert Lucier (rlucier@innerlogic.com)
Date: Wed Feb 25 1998 - 00:50:57 EST
Can netatalk be bound to two or more network interfaces on the same
linux machine? My goal is to create a Macintosh file server that can
serve through more than one NIC at a time, increasing server throughput.
I suppose that the single linux box would have to be represented as two
or more different machines in the apple "chooser", but that's fine as
long as I can increase the bandwidth.
A little background if you're wondering why bandwidth is so crucial that
a 100Mbs card can't do the job. I work as a systems admin for a
pre-press company. Most of the graphics work is done on Macs. The full
resolution image files that we use are routinely 20M or greater, so
speed is crucial, and it's not uncommon for two or more macs to be
accessing the server at the same time. We're using NT right now, but it
can only bind AppleTalk to one NIC. I'd love to save the day with Linux.
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
Rob Lucier
Pacific Color
Carlsbad, CA
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