This means both will have the same MAC address. Depending on the protocol, you might not even have to change router configuration, and several Linux distributions have good support on that.
Here I provide links to some how-to’s on enabing NIC bonding for some of the most popular Linux distributions. Windows users don’t have the same luck, unless the NIC manufacturer had provided some utility for this specific purpose.
In all the cases an additional kernel module has to be loaded (bonding). Debian systems make use of the ifenslave utility.
RedHat Linux Enterprise 4
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-interfaces-nic-into-single-interface.html
Debian
http://www.5dollarwhitebox.org/wiki/index.php/Howtos_NIC_Bonding_Debian
http://www.howtoforge.com/nic-bonding-on-debian-lenny
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