RE: Giving Same IP to both NICs

["Karasik, Vitaly" <vkarasik nds com>]

> 
> Hi all
> 
> I have an Dual Xeon based server with 4 GB RAM with 2 Gigabit 
> NICs.Can I give the same IP to both of the NICs.
> I want to make the NICs to be configured as network load balancing.
> 
No, You should use bonding:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/s1
-networkscripts-interfaces.html#S2-NETWORKSCRIPTS-INTERFACES-CHAN

Rgds,
Vitaly
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