nic bonding on Linux Fedora

as root: first of all disable NetworkManager service and start network service, then create /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 and add these lines:

DEVICE=bond0
BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 miimon=100 primary=eth0"
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
NETWORK=192.168.208.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.208.128


or (if in dhcp configuration)

DEVICE=bond0
BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 miimon=100 primary=eth0"
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes


then edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (keeping your HW Address)

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:0c:29:08:b5:19
ONBOOT=no
SLAVE=yes
MASTER=bond0

Repeat the last step for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 :

DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:0c:29:08:b5:23
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=no
SLAVE=yes
MASTER=bond0


edit /etc/modprobe.conf adding the line:

alias bond0 bonding


restart network service:

/etc/init.d/network restart