The question isn't typically did you have a problem, the question is better phrased, is what I am doing legal? I can download some Cisco stuff anytime I want, doesn't make it legal. I can enable features on my Junipers without paying for a license too, pretty certain that is not ok either....
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:30 PM Jack Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve never had an issue downloading firmware for SSG, SRX, and EX series > products that were out of support. That’s one nice thing about Juniper. > > On Aug 24, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, yes. I forgot about firmware and smartnet. It's possible that Juniper > has a similar policy, but I've also found that it's usually fairly > inexpensive to bring Juniper under support, where as smartnet is painfully > expensive. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > With Cisco, if you don’t have smartnet, you can’t legally get firmware >> updates. >> >> >> >> If you look at Curvature’s support policy, it’s all about replacement >> hardware. >> >> >> >> I don’t make comment about right/wrong/indifferent. That just has to >> figure into the company’s plans. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:50 AM >> *To:* NT >> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] used/refurb/eol >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I decided to start a new thread as this is no longer a suggestion or >> recommendation of brands, >> >> >> >> As I mentioned in a previous thread, I service a company that uses only >> Cisco (and they have over 1000 centers), however, one thing I noticed is >> that they NEVER buy new, it is always used. >> >> >> >> While I cannot mention the name of the company, I can mention the name of >> where they get the products from >> >> https://www.curvature.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> One thing I do like about them is that they offer an alternative to >> smartnet contract AND they support hardware after EOL >> >> https://www.curvature.com/Services >> >> >> >> I'm just wondering what is the consensus regarding this? >> >> >> >> >> Jean-Paul Natola >> >> >
