Who's going to support that reflashed device? Certainly not the OEM vendor.
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:30 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM NetEquity Sales <sa...@netequity.com> > wrote: > > > > As someone who works within the "secondary market" for networking > hardware, there is a ton of demand spilling over into the "pre-owned/vendor > refurbished" market. > > I just wish there were people putting in a value-add, like reflashing > with better software, first. > > > > > Market prices on pre-owned equipment are rapidly increasing in step with > increased demand and dwindling supply. > > > > Market prices on 1G - 10G switching products, wireless infrastructure > devices, etc have been rising precipitously. Even semi "legacy" stuff going > back 2-3 generations (EOL/EOS) from current gen have doubled, tripled, even > quadrupled in price. > > > > I've been involved in the hardware business for 20 years and the current > market landscape is unprecedented. > > > > > > > > Cory J. Andrews > > ++++++++++++++ > > NetEquity.com (Formerly CiscoBuy.com) > > 4519 Northgate Court > > Sarasota, FL 34234 > > ++++++++++++++ > > TF/FAX 877.582.4726 > > E - sa...@netequity.com > > > > On Thu, May 19, 2022, 9:48 AM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I'd bet it's cheaper and easier to quantify new hardware than > software. Labor was super expensive and now it is ready to implode. > >> > >> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:27 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> As I've been saying for a while, instead of buying new kit, perhaps we > >>> could spend some time on getting better software onto our older kit? > >>> Getting stuff to multiplex better, be more reliable, last longer? > >>> > >>> It isn't just me wanting to upgrade a billion+ routers with existing > >>> crappy software to openwrt, is it? > >>> > >>> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T21on7g1MqQZoK91epUdxLYFGdtyLRgBat0VXoC9e3I/edit > > > > -- > FQ World Domination pending: > https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/ > Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC > -- Jason