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When did link aggregation become "fancy corporate garbage"?

• dolni 6y ago
  Garbage was a bit of an indulgent word. It certainly is relevant and useful technology. It just isn't useful for home users, at least none that I've ever met.
  • _jal 6y ago
    It is as useful at home as it is anywhere else. Failures just cost less at home. All my switches are bonded to one another, and it was handy when something snapped one of the fiber runs. That side of the house kept connectivity until the weekend when I could crawl around and run a new cable. (Never did figure out why it broke, though. Guessing the house shifted in just the right way.) It would have hardly been the end of the world if I had to wait, but if your kit can do it, why would you not?
    • dolni 6y ago
      I mean, sure. If you have the capability and the inclination, go for it. I live in a house that is quite large and I can't come close to fully populating a 24 port switch in a useful way. I would not detract from your network going the extra mile. I suspect that for most people, the value-to-effort ratio of link aggregation just isn't there in a residential setting.