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Testing primary and secondary bond interfaces

Firewall_Daemon — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:24:01 GMT

Hi All,

I wondering if someone is able to assist with a test I would like to perform. I have a bond with 2 interfaces, 1x 10Gb primary and 1x 1Gb secondary. For some reason traffic seems to be active on the the 1Gb link even though it is not set to primary. I would like to test the connection with some pings using the primary 10Gb link. Is there a way for me to ping from the source interface? I can only find a way to ping using source IP in expert mode. The only other option I can think of is driving to the datacentre and unplugging the 1Gb link and then testing. (Eth3-03 is the 10Gb link) Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks!

Re: Testing primary and secondary bond interfaces

Bob_Zimmerman — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:59:59 GMT

I'm not sure offhand how to force an active-backup bond to switch which member it's using. The surest way is probably to disable the 1g link. 'set interface eth1-08 state off', then 'set interface eth1-08 state on' should do it. This could disrupt traffic.

Re: Testing primary and secondary bond interfaces

Chris_Atkinson — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:09:50 GMT

What direction is the traffic and what is the neighbor/adjacent device configuration?