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Probably watching activity on gitweb :) I've learned about bonding
support in dcbw's blog post: http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2011/11/10
/blue-sky-white-sand-and-networkmanager-0-9-2/

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Title:
  nm should support easy bonding

Status in NetworkManager:
  Confirmed
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  -- The feature:
  Network Manager should assist the user as much as reasonably possible in setting up a bond0 interface.

  -- Motivating scenario:
  I'm watching a movie, accessed via sshfs from my desktop box over the wired interface.  I get hungry, so I decide to move my laptop to my kitchen and continue watching the movie while cooking.  The sshfs connection should seamlessly stay alive, such that I don't have to restart mplayer.

  -- A sketch of a solution:
  Look at the IP address and netmask of available interfaces.  If two interfaces lie within the same network, ask the user whether to try enabling bonding.  If yes, modprobe bonding mode=1, set up bond0, enslave eth0 and eth1 (say) with the fastest being the primary.  Let the user say "always bond", "always bond for $ESSID", "never bond", "never bond for $ESSID" after testing whether it works.

  -- Taking this one step further:
  Support other values of mode= for the bonds.  Don't do this only for wired+wifi, but any number of wired and wifi interfaces.  Try to diagnose and repair (or suggest repairs for) any problems that occur while trying to bond.

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