[OpenIndiana-discuss] no external connectivity on link

[Richard Elling]

On May 1, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote:

> hello list
> 
> I have attempted to enable link aggregation on my oi 151 box using the
> command dladm create-aggr -d e1000g0 -d e1000g1 1 then I plumbed it
> with an address of 192.168.1.200 and echoed 192.168.1.1 >
> defaultrouter
> 
> I noticed that my /etc directory did not have the traditional solaris
> hostname.e1000g0 and hostname.e1000g1 files representing my links that
> you would typically expect. But I created a file with the command echo
> 192.168.1.200 > hostname.aggr1
> 
> ifconfig -a shows the aggregated link as well and all indications are
> that it's fine
> 
> dladm show-aggr shows the link aggregation and I can ping it..however
> I cannot ping anything else on or off the network (like 192.168.1.1 or
> yahoo.com)
> 
> can someone offer a tip on what I'm doing wrong and how to resolve the issue?

Typical error is an incorrect netmask. Default netmask for a class-B network is 255.255.0.0.

> 
> once I get this working I plan to enable link trunking on my switch to
> take advantage of the faster speeds possible with this setup.

Are you prepared for no-improvement? Ethernet link aggregation often disappoints
people looking for more performance using IP.
 -- richard

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