I agree - I have heard and seen a lot of Cisco equipment last many years, others only a few months. Both ends had expensive options (in the thousands).
On 6/4/09, Rogelio <scubac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Travis Johnson wrote: >> I have about 80 Cisco 2900 and 3500 switches servicing our fiber ring. >> Most of them are 5+ years old and were purchased used on ebay for $400, >> and some are older. Some of these have "uptimes" of over 4 years right >> now. :) >> >> Cisco hardware just works. It's expensive, and the software can be >> buggy... but the hardware works. > > A lot depends on the company that originally made the hardware. > > In some cases, Cisco bought a great hardware manufacturer, in which case > that hardware lasted a long time. In other cases, they acquired a crap > company, painted Cisco on it, and then kludged in their shell environment. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
