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Things to watch out for: 1) dropped packets/claimed collisions upstream (use udp iperf for software-detected drops) 2) dual-port NICs (such as from Intel) which are useless for bonding because they share interrupts (use bonding across physically-separate NICs only) 3) cheap gigabit switches that claim to handle trunking for bonding but still max out at/under 1GBps throughput

Item 2 is not entirely correct. The Intel ethernet driver no longer shares interrupts on dual port NICs; it now uses MSI. Mike J. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com