Comment 19 for bug 714904

One kind of "problem" I found was that the man page was not particularly helpful. Though, at least with Natty, the files in /usr/share/doc/ifenslave-2.6/... (README.Debian and examples/) are consistent as far as I can see.

My configuration in Natty (which does not require a modprobe) looks like:

 /etc/network/interfaces:
auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static (though dhcp should work as well)
  address x
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  gateway y
  bond-slaves none
  bond-mode active-backup
  bond-miimon 100

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
  bond-master bond0
  bond-primary eth0

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual
  bond-master bond0
  bond-primary eth0