# ---------------------------------- # Example Configurations bond device # ---------------------------------- In /etc/network/interfaces, the following stanza will configure bond0, in 802.3ad mode (mode 4), with eth0 and eth1 as slaves. -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----- auto bond0 iface bond0 inet dhcp bond-slaves eth0 eth1 bond-mode 4 bond-miimon 100 bond-primary eth0 eth1 -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----- If the above configuration doesn't work, you might have a system using upstart for system startup. This is most notably true for recent Ubuntu versions. The following stanza in /etc/network/interfaces will produce the same result on those systems. -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----- auto bond0 iface bond0 inet dhcp bond-slaves none bond-mode 4 bond-miimon 100 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual bond-master bond0 bond-primary eth0 eth1 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet manual bond-master bond0 bond-primary eth0 eth1 -----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----