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title: "Network | Bonding"
description: "**Bonding** interfaces (also known as link bundling, port trunking, channel bonding, link aggregation, NIC teaming, etc.) combine multiple physical network interfaces into a single logical network interface. This setup enhances load balancing and provides redundancy among the bonded NICs. ##…"
url: "https://www.relianoid.com/resources/knowledge-base/network-enterprise-edition-v8-administration-guide/network-bonding/"
updated: "2024-07-04"
category: Enterprise Edition / Administration Guide v8 / Network
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# Network | Bonding

**Bonding** interfaces (also known as link bundling, port trunking, channel bonding, link aggregation, NIC teaming, etc.) combine multiple physical network interfaces into a single logical network interface. This setup enhances load balancing and provides redundancy among the bonded NICs.

## Bonding Interfaces List

This table displays all the bonding network interfaces configured in the system.

[![relianoid load balancer bonding methods](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Bonding-1.webp)](https://static.relianoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Bonding-1.webp)

**Actions** available for selected interfaces:
  **Create bonding**. Redirects to the bonding interface creation form.
  **Bring up**. Starts selected interfaces and configures them to accept traffic.
  **Bring down**. Shuts down selected interfaces, stopping traffic acceptance.
  **Destroy**. Removes the bonding interface if the configuration is empty, making slave interfaces available again.
  **Unset**. Removes selected interface configurations.

## Bonding Interface List Fields

**Name**. Configured name of the bonding interface.
  **Alias**. Identifies the interface with an alias for easier access during configuration.
  **IP**. Network-layer IP address of the bonding interface if configured. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
  **MAC**. Link-layer address of the bonding interface. Inherits from one of the slaves if not configured.
  **Netmask**. Subnet mask of the bonding interface if configured. Must be set simultaneously with the IP Address.
  **Gateway**. Default gateway used by the bonding interface if configured.
  **Status**. Indicates the status of the bonding interface:

- **Green**. Indicates the bonding is **UP**.
- **Red**. Indicates the bonding is **DOWN**.

**Actions**. Available actions for each bonding interface in the table:

- **Edit**. Modifies interface configurations like IP address, netmask, and gateway.
- **Bring down**. Stops the interface from accepting traffic.
- **Destroy**. Removes the bonding interface (if empty), making slave interfaces available again.
- **Unset**. Removes interface configurations.

These options allow direct management of each selected bonding interface via the **Actions** menu.

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