In message <3B1B9D1B.9F1A2DCE at talkware.net>, Jason Jorgensen writes: > We would need 2 monitoring ports on each of our 2 switches to allow > the bridges to work properly. So I would like some suggestions on > switches that would have more than one monitoring port. Right now > we are using HP ProCurve 2424's. Use the HP ProCurve 4000M switches. VERY nice. I wouldn't get anything else. Very powerful. Very configurable. Hot swappable port cards, including gigabit and fiber. Hot swappable power supplies. Expandable. Managed. -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr Key fingerprint = B4AB D627 9CBD 687E 7A31 1950 0CC7 0B18 206C 5AFD