Hello all, I'm trying to price and buy a network setup for a high-availability GigE situation that requires link aggregation. In a simplistic example, my need is to have, Host A with 2 GigE NICs (copper) that are link aggregated with 802.3ad but each "side" is run to a different switch with a host Host B on the other side configured in the same manner. For example: +----------------+ /--| GigE Switch 1 |--\ | +----------------+ | / \ NIC1-/ \-NIC1 HOST A -= =- Host B NIC2-\ /-NIC2 \ / | +----------------+ | \--| GigE Switch 2 |--/ +----------------+ In this example, Host A would have an IP of 10.0.0.1 that would be aggregated on both NIC1 and NIC2 to provide 2Gbps through put and Host B would have 10.0.0.2 with link aggregation. The theory to this being that I can kill two birds with one stone and provide 2Gbps throughput while having the high-availability. If Switch1 dies, throughput drops to 1Gbps but the endpoints are still available and vise-versa. If I'm understanding 802.3ad properly, the aggregates have to be on the same switch or at least in the same "stack" and can't be passed along on-wire in the same way that other tagged protocols can (such as VLAN tags). Maybe I'm wrong on this? As usual, cost is a MAJOR constraint (when isn't it?!?) and I'm looking for the cheapest possible solution. Can anyone recommend a product/products that would accomplish this for me? I'm trying to keep the price < $6000 if possible. If you feel this is off-topic, please feel free to reply to me personally. Thanks a lot in advance! -- Jason McCormick jason@devrandom.org GPG Key ID: 96D6CF63