Why does my round-robin (mode 0) bond lose half of the traffic destined for it?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Using a mode 0 bond, when using a tool such as tcpdump or ping, half of all traffic appears to be lost inexplicably.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Mode 0 (round-robin) bonding device

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