Broken Gigabit Port

RipCord

Hello everyone,
I bought some home lab equipment that were used to practice for my CCNA and I plan on working my way up to CCIE.
I received my 3750 switches today, but one of them had a broken gigabit port.

Will this hinder me with any future labs?

clarson

in general, no it won't.

But, if the broken parts are still on the inside, that could lead to a switch failure in the future.

and, for the ccnp and ccie, you want switches that run version 15 of the ios. and a 3750 cant do that.