Comment 25 for bug 714904

Re #14: I have tested natty (apt-get purge ifenslave-2.6; apt-get install ifenslave-2.6) and bonding works now without additional up and down clauses in the /etc/network/interfaces file.

Relevant section of /etc/network/interfaces (two servers connected back-to-back with each other):

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
  address 192.168.111.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  bond-slaves eth1 eth2 eth3
  bond-mode balance-rr
  bond_arp_ip_target 192.168.111.2
  bond_arp_interval 1000
  mtu 9000

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual
  bond-master bond0
  mtu 9000

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet manual
  bond-master bond0
  mtu 9000

auto eth3
iface eth3 inet manual
  bond-master bond0
  mtu 9000