[Techtalk] How to hard code the speed of a virtual interface (bond0)?

[Daniel Pittman]

Rudy Zijlstra <rudy at grumpydevil.homelinux.org> writes:
> Op donderdag 07-05-2009 om 10:48 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Joana
> Botto:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I configured two NICs with bonding, balance-alb. But now I would like
>> to hard code the bond0 interface speed to 1000Mb and full duplex.
>> Because bond0 it's a virtual interface, the ethtool output says the
>> interface doesn't exist.
>
> fixing speed on a gigabit is pretty much against the spec,

Absolutely against the spec: autonegotiation is *mandatory* for Gigabit.

Regards,
        Daniel