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To configure link aggregation on Redback SMS routers you need to do the following.

Create the link group interface and assign an IP address to it

[local]Redback(config)#context local
[local]Redback(config-ctx)#interface AMS-IX
[local]Redback(config-if)#ip address 195.69.x.x/23
[local]Redback(config-if)#exit

Create the link group and bind it to its interface

[local]Redback(config)#link-group AMS-IX ether
[local]Redback(config-link-group)#bind interface AMS-IX local

Configure an ethernet port and add it to the link group

[local]Redback(config-config)#port ethernet 1/1
[local]Redback(config-port)#no shutdown
[local]Redback(config-port)#link-group AMS-IX
[local]Redback(config-port)#exit

Configure another ehternet port and add it to the link group

[local]Redback(config-config)#port ethernet 1/2
[local]Redback(config-port)#no shutdown
[local]Redback(config-port)#link-group AMS-IX
[local]Redback(config-port)#exit

To match the AMS-IX arp timeout (4 hours) you need to configure this under the interface

[local]Redback(config)#context local
[local]Redback(config-ctx)#int AMS-IX
[local]Redback(config-if)#ip arp timeout 14400
[local]Redback(config-port)#exit

Also, you can set your aggregated min-links to a value that will cause the bundle to drop in the event that your links can no longer support the amount of traffic you move trough the link-group.Thus, 2-port aggregated link, pushing 1.2 Gbps sustained across, drop bundle if n == 1;

[local]Redback(config)#link-group AMS-IX ether
[local]Redback(config-link-group)#minimum-links 2
[local]Redback(config-link-group)#exit

This config is made to interconnect with an aggregated link towards the AMS-IX. For other Link aggregation interconnects you need to make changes towards this config.

Networking, Tech, Work

Sometimes you feel sad about stupid things. Yesterday I had such a day ( today a little less but still). Almost a year ago I ordered a nice and shiny thing. At that moment the people I ordered it told me it would be delivered the first week of August. In may they told me it would be the beginning of 2009. So i talked with my girl who also needed a new one and decided she would order an other one (different kind) and I would take that one she would wait till 2009. I was happy with the one she ordered till yesterday came along.
I could pickup the one I ordered so I went their and at the moment I saw it I knew why I chose this one at the beginning.From the first moment I had seen one I was sure I would getting one of those.  After the pickup we (me and the thing) went to the place my girl is working at to deliver it. The first thing she said was it is lovely and you regret that we made the swap. Yes I was. So I gave it to her and went back to my own work to start working again. But I was feeling sad. I have been sad before but not the way I was feeling yesterday. The thing i will remember is that the next time I will stay at my first choice. ( And when it is possible I will order the same one again and not swap it.

Sad about a car how stupid does that sound!

Daily, Private

Today we got a letter from the building company that is building our house. The letter told us that our house will be ready in week 3 of 2009. A week later we will receive the keys. After almost 2 years of construction and endless waiting. I will be moving in February 2009 if everything goes well. Some pictures of the new house are located here.
We now can start planning stuff like the actual move and such. We still need to arrange somethings like a painter / a kitchen and the floor. At this moment I’m quite exited about the whole thing.

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Today I  added the wptouch plugin to the apple.t-b.nl site so it is more readable on the iphone. Some people were complaining about it. So i hope i made them happy. I’m looking into some other plugins at the moment to make the site load a littlebit faster.

NerdSuff, Short Posts, Tech

Because my other laptop is usage and heavy to take it with me when I’m on the move I decided to buy a Macbook air. I thought it would be hard to get used to the 13.3" screen instead of the 17" my MBP has. But no way i got used to it in some minutes. The screen of the MB air is much brighter then the one I have in the MBP. So I’m very happy with it

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