Joseph L. Casale wrote: > 802.3ad info > LACP rate: slow Just a thought but try changing the lacp rate to fast? http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/static/linux-ethernet-bonding-driver-howto.php lacp_rate Option specifying the rate in which we'll ask our link partner to transmit LACPDU packets in 802.3ad mode. Possible values are: slow or 0 Request partner to transmit LACPDUs every 30 seconds fast or 1 Request partner to transmit LACPDUs every 1 second The default is slow. nate