Counterfeit WIC's

MAC_AddyMAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
I'm looking at purchasing some extra WIC's for my lab. However, I've read quite a bit about counterfeit WIC's in the market. Obviously I started to look on eBay for my first WIC purchase, but I'm not entirely sure where I should actually buy them from.

Anyone have any recommendations?
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  • ehndeehnde Member Posts: 1,103
    I bought mine on ebay and they are "counterfeit". They are for my lab and they were only $5 each....they work perfectly. Check the seller feedback rating, and as long as the card works is there really a problem?
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  • MAC_AddyMAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
    ehnde wrote: »
    Check the seller feedback rating, and as long as the card works is there really a problem?

    I suppose not. I just thought that when I saw 'counterfeit' that it wouldn't work at all.
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  • ehndeehnde Member Posts: 1,103
    They may be "lower quality" because they are not official cisco parts...but if you're not buying them for production systems I don't see an issue - you just don't get support from Cisco.
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  • jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I have an article for you if you haven't read it yet.

    Counterfeit Fake Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1 V2 Guide
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  • MAC_AddyMAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Ah - excellent. I appreciate the responce!
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    I have an article for you if you haven't read it yet.

    Counterfeit Fake Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1 V2 Guide

    Yeah, when I was buying WIC's I bought mine specifically from Andover because of that article. No reason to perpetuate the existance of counterfeit equipment.
  • odysseyeliteodysseyelite Member Posts: 504 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I'm kinda curious if the ones I got were fake or not.
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  • MAC_AddyMAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I have an article for you if you haven't read it yet.

    Counterfeit Fake Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1 V2 Guide

    Ah yes, I read this over the weekend - very informative.
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  • ehndeehnde Member Posts: 1,103
    It doesn't make sense to pay $50 for an official part if a knock-off works perfectly fine for a lab for $5.

    If it's for production, make sure you have an official part.
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  • wastedtimewastedtime Member Posts: 586 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I am with ehnde. I would never use it in production nor pass it off as the real thing.
  • odysseyeliteodysseyelite Member Posts: 504 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Well I checked mine. I actually had V1 cards. Bought them for 5 bucks on ebay and they checked out as real.
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  • Forsaken_GAForsaken_GA Member Posts: 4,024
    I've seen alot of fake Cisco gear, and most of them appear to work, until you try and put any serious traffic through them.

    For a lab, they might be ok. If you start seeing weird things though, keep in mind it might be your hardware, and not your configuration.

    As a general rule, do not buy anything that ships from China. However, buying domestically doesn't save you from getting counterfeit. I used to work for a reseller, and we got in a pallet of 'factory-sealed' 1721's (this was about 8 years ago, so 1721's were still useful). I could tell they were fake just from the packaging. The boxes were the wrong color, the labels weren't right. I was given permission to open a few and see if the hardware was actually fake, and it was, and I could prove it - the memory slots were too long, and DIMM's didn't fit. I took pictures, documented every facet proving they were fake, made damn sure management was aware of it.... and they still shipped the entire load to a customer. Burned my blood.

    Fortunately, the customer wasn't a moron, and returned them. I didn't hang out with that company much longer, couldn't stomach it when I knew they were shady.
  • Corndork2Corndork2 Member Posts: 266
    Really -- The fake cards are fine for lab use. But, I would NEVER use them in production. A WIC-1T or WIC-2T should be fine from any manufacturer in the lab. I have a mix of real and fake cisco WIC-1T's and have had no issues. All of my NM modules, and other VIC's are genuine...so I cannot speak for those
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  • jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I think that you should use the real thing for production and lab. Because the cards are fake, I think that the cards could mess up your gear and you might have to end up buying new routers.
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