{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# ifenslave (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nifenslave — Attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device.\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nifenslave [-acdfhuvV] [--all-interfaces] [--change-active] [--detach] [--force] [--help]\n[--usage] [--verbose] [--version] master slave ...\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nifenslave is a tool to attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device. A bonding\ndevice will act like a normal Ethernet network device to the kernel, but will send out the\npackets via the slave devices using a simple round-robin scheduler. This allows for simple\nload-balancing, identical to \"channel bonding\" or \"trunking\" techniques used in switches.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **OPTIONS** (8 subsections)\n- **EXAMPLE**\n- **AUTHOR**\n- **Debian GNU/Linux June 16, 2026 Debian GNU/Linux**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "ifenslave", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "ifenslave — Attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device.", "synopsis": "ifenslave [-acdfhuvV] [--all-interfaces] [--change-active] [--detach] [--force] [--help]\n[--usage] [--verbose] [--version] master slave ...", "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [ { "flag": "-a", "long": "--all-interfaces", "arg": null, "description": "Show information about all interfaces." }, { "flag": "-c", "long": "--change-active", "arg": null, "description": "Change active slave." }, { "flag": "-d", "long": "--detach", "arg": null, "description": "Removes slave interfaces from the bonding device." }, { "flag": "-f", "long": "--force", "arg": null, "description": "Force actions to be taken if one of the specified interfaces appears not to belong to an Ethernet device." }, { "flag": "-h", "long": "--help", "arg": null, "description": "Display a help message and exit." }, { "flag": "-u", "long": "--usage", "arg": null, "description": "Show usage information and exit." }, { "flag": "-v", "long": "--verbose", "arg": null, "description": "Print warning and debug messages." }, { "flag": "-V", "long": "--version", "arg": null, "description": "Show version information and exit. If no options are given, the default action will be to enslave interfaces." } ], "examples": [ "The following example shows how to setup a bonding device and enslave two real Ethernet devices", "to it:", "# modprobe bonding", "# ifconfig bond0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0", "# ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1" ], "see_also": [], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SYNOPSIS", "lines": 3, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 7, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "OPTIONS", "lines": 1, "subsections": [ { "name": "-a, --all-interfaces", "lines": 2, "flag": "-a", "long": "--all-interfaces" }, { "name": "-c, --change-active", "lines": 2, "flag": "-c", "long": "--change-active" }, { "name": "-d, --detach", "lines": 2, "flag": "-d", "long": "--detach" }, { "name": "-f, --force", "lines": 3, "flag": "-f", "long": "--force" }, { "name": "-h, --help", "lines": 2, "flag": "-h", "long": "--help" }, { "name": "-u, --usage", "lines": 2, "flag": "-u", "long": "--usage" }, { "name": "-v, --verbose", "lines": 2, "flag": "-v", "long": "--verbose" }, { "name": "-V, --version", "lines": 4, "flag": "-V", "long": "--version" } ] }, { "name": "EXAMPLE", "lines": 7, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "AUTHOR", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "Debian GNU/Linux June 16, 2026 Debian GNU/Linux", "lines": 1, "subsections": [] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "ifenslave — Attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "ifenslave [-acdfhuvV] [--all-interfaces] [--change-active] [--detach] [--force] [--help]\n[--usage] [--verbose] [--version] master slave ...\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "ifenslave is a tool to attach and detach slave network devices to a bonding device. A bonding\ndevice will act like a normal Ethernet network device to the kernel, but will send out the\npackets via the slave devices using a simple round-robin scheduler. This allows for simple\nload-balancing, identical to \"channel bonding\" or \"trunking\" techniques used in switches.\n\nThe kernel must have support for bonding devices for ifenslave to be useful.\n", "subsections": [] }, "OPTIONS": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "-a, --all-interfaces", "content": "Show information about all interfaces.\n", "flag": "-a", "long": "--all-interfaces" }, { "name": "-c, --change-active", "content": "Change active slave.\n", "flag": "-c", "long": "--change-active" }, { "name": "-d, --detach", "content": "Removes slave interfaces from the bonding device.\n", "flag": "-d", "long": "--detach" }, { "name": "-f, --force", "content": "Force actions to be taken if one of the specified interfaces appears not to belong to\nan Ethernet device.\n", "flag": "-f", "long": "--force" }, { "name": "-h, --help", "content": "Display a help message and exit.\n", "flag": "-h", "long": "--help" }, { "name": "-u, --usage", "content": "Show usage information and exit.\n", "flag": "-u", "long": "--usage" }, { "name": "-v, --verbose", "content": "Print warning and debug messages.\n", "flag": "-v", "long": "--verbose" }, { "name": "-V, --version", "content": "Show version information and exit.\n\nIf no options are given, the default action will be to enslave interfaces.\n", "flag": "-V", "long": "--version" } ] }, "EXAMPLE": { "content": "The following example shows how to setup a bonding device and enslave two real Ethernet devices\nto it:\n\n# modprobe bonding\n# ifconfig bond0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0\n# ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHOR": { "content": "Guus Sliepen \n", "subsections": [] }, "Debian GNU/Linux June 16, 2026 Debian GNU/Linux": { "content": "", "subsections": [] } } } }