Which bonding techniques support ARP monitoring?

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Hi,

There is debate in the office as to which forms of bonding support ARP monitoring.
I would be grateful to anyone in the know who can definitively answer this question.
Please accept my thanks in advance,

CAnder1.

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http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Interface/Bonding#Bonding_modes

Modes that have descriptions that don’t mention that a particular method is required support both.

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Hi Fewi,

Thanks for the reply.
What about balance-alb? The description implies it suffers the same downsides as balance-tlb, which would indicate it also only supports MII. Could you confirm whether this is the case or not?
Thanks again,

CAnder1.

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Yes, that is the case. ALB is an extension of TLB, and TLB does not support ARP monitoring.

If you require more detailed information you can probably find exhaustive documentation on the Linux Foundation pages and from major vendors like Red Hat or SuSE.

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Thanks Fewi,

That was a seriously fast response!
Appreciate your help,

CAnder1