[geeks] Seems like low-cost Cisco 10/100 switches are available

[Jonathan Katz]

Sorry, iphone likes to top quote. Abovetopsecret.com has the FBI  
slideshow as jpg which shows poor fitment and bad soldering.




On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Rick Hamell <hamellr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jonathan Katz wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Lionel Peterson
>> <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> I'm not too tuned into the used equipment market, but I just  
>>> noticed that surpluscomputers.com has 24 port refurbished Cisco  
>>> switches (2924XL) for $65/each. That seems to be a good deal for  
>>> someone looking to upgrade their home infrastructure from  
>>> commodity hardware to enterprise hardware.
>> Are they real Cisco gear, or are they counterfeit?
>
> That was my question too.
>
> Speaking of which, has any one actually seen any of the counterfeit  
> Cisco stuff? I'm curious as to what the clues are. Does it use the  
> same firmware? Did people notice a performance hit when installed?
>
> -- 
> Rick Hamell
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