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From: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH docs] network: Discourage the use of balance-{alb,tlb}
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:52:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818085228.125344-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> (raw)

when used upstream of a bridge with VM traffic.

Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
---
 pve-network.adoc | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc
index 4209092..092096a 100644
--- a/pve-network.adoc
+++ b/pve-network.adoc
@@ -519,6 +519,10 @@ If your switch supports the LACP (IEEE 802.3ad) protocol, then we recommend
 using the corresponding bonding mode (802.3ad). Otherwise you should generally
 use the active-backup mode.
 
+WARNING: The bond modes 'balance-alb' and 'balance-tlb' are not suitable when
+the local addresses are not known to the host. These bond modes should not be
+used behind a Linux bridge where virtual machines are connected to.
+
 For the cluster network (Corosync) we recommend configuring it with multiple
 networks. Corosync does not need a bond for network redundancy as it can switch
 between networks by itself, if one becomes unusable. Some bond modes are known
-- 
2.47.3





             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-18  8:52 UTC|newest]

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2026-08-18  8:52 Maximiliano Sandoval [this message]
2026-08-18  9:09 ` [PATCH docs] network: Discourage the use of balance-{alb,tlb} Gabriel Goller

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