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Darn you eBay!

phoeneousphoeneous Member Posts: 2,333 ■■■■■■■□□□
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I'm addicted...

Whose bright idea was it to buy random crap to build labs? Mine.

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    SilentsoulSilentsoul Member Posts: 260
    phoeneous wrote: »
    I'm addicted...

    Whose bright idea was it to buy random crap to build labs? Mine.

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    What kind of stuff are you buying?
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    phoeneousphoeneous Member Posts: 2,333 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Silentsoul wrote: »
    What kind of stuff are you buying?

    Cisco gear.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    phoeneous wrote: »
    Cisco gear.
    Just make sure you don't get to the point where you're looking at CRS-1 parts and going hmmm.... if I move the rack over and install higher capacity electrical wiring...
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    phoeneousphoeneous Member Posts: 2,333 ■■■■■■■□□□
    tiersten wrote: »
    Just make sure you don't get to the point where you're looking at CRS-1 parts and going hmmm.... if I move the rack over and install higher capacity electrical wiring...

    Highly unlikely. The most expensive thing I've bid on so far is an 1841. I haven't reached baller status yet.
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    Paul BozPaul Boz Member Posts: 2,620 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Yeah dude eBay is a blast. I've bought so much stuff there. Its a great place to find restoration pieces for cars. Stuff like old door handles, lights, etc. I also bought 90% of my Cisco equipment on eBay for pennies on the dollar. I'm sure half of its Chinese counterfeit but my home lab isn't production grade so who cares ;)
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    SrSysAdminSrSysAdmin Member Posts: 259
    Paul Boz wrote: »
    Yeah dude eBay is a blast. I've bought so much stuff there. Its a great place to find restoration pieces for cars. Stuff like old door handles, lights, etc. I also bought 90% of my Cisco equipment on eBay for pennies on the dollar. I'm sure half of its Chinese counterfeit but my home lab isn't production grade so who cares ;)


    Do Chinese counterfeit Cisco kits still run the same OS on them and work the same exact way?
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    SrSysAdmin wrote: »
    Do Chinese counterfeit Cisco kits still run the same OS on them and work the same exact way?
    If Paul doesn't notice that he's bought a Chisco router and that it runs lOS then he should turn in his Cisco certs right now :P

    The counterfeit Cisco hardware is generally the same design as the real hardware. Its just been made with inferior components or with little quality control. There are a bunch of threads about this on the forum so search around if you want to know more.
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    DevilsbaneDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I buy all kinds of random junk off ebay. China makes all sorts of cool adaptors for less than $5
    Decide what to be and go be it.
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    Paul BozPaul Boz Member Posts: 2,620 ■■■■■■■■□□
    tiersten wrote: »
    If Paul doesn't notice that he's bought a Chisco router and that it runs lOS then he should turn in his Cisco certs right now :P

    The counterfeit Cisco hardware is generally the same design as the real hardware. Its just been made with inferior components or with little quality control. There are a bunch of threads about this on the forum so search around if you want to know more.

    Oh I fully realize its bunk hardware. I don't ask because I don't care. I haven't purchased hardware in quite a while though.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    Paul Boz wrote: »
    Oh I fully realize its bunk hardware. I don't ask because I don't care. I haven't purchased hardware in quite a while though.
    Yeah. I'm just saying that you're buying it because it does run IOS and work in hopefully the same way as real hardware.
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    phoeneousphoeneous Member Posts: 2,333 ■■■■■■■□□□
    If I can learn the same thing on a Chisco router then I'm all for it. lolz @ Chisco btw icon_lol.gif
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