To stay on time, you should really use ntpd. It is a daemon that runs all the time and makes tiny changes to the system clock. All you need to do is install ntp:

aptitude install ntp

after it’s installed, I encourage you to go over to http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/@ and pick a pool in your continental zone. Debian has some defaults, and they are fine, i just like using the ntp pool. If you want to change where you are syncing to, open up /etc/ntp.conf and change the “server” lines.

nano /etc/ntp.conf

to manually sync Debian’s time, just install “ntpdate”

apt-get install ntpdate

run this:

ntupdate-debian [a ntp server]

Install package ifenslave-2.6.

apt-get install ifenslave

make sure the real NICs kernel modules are loaded automatically

modprobe --list | grep -i bonding

edit /etc/network/interfaces to look like this:

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
address 192.168.1.59
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1
down /sbin/ifenslave -d bond0 eth0 eth1
broadcast 192.168.1.255

make sure to remove ALL of the lines refering to old eth0 or eth1 settings.

add the following lines to your /etc/modprobe.d/arch/i386:

alias bond0 bonding
options bonding mode=1 miimon=100 downdelay=200 updelay=200