[HECnet] Cisco Catalyst family members

[Cory Smelosky]

I'm partial to their "as-is. We don't even know what we have" section ;) 

Found some prototype gear from my current employer once ;)

Found a 1700 and some low-end DSL modems once that I figure could prove useful for HECnet bridging.

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> On May 25, 2016, at 07:49, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
> 
> They have a pile of other Cisco stuff not listed.
> 
> I can take a look for you and see what they've got next time I'm there. I need to pick up a 1u chassis.
> 
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>> On May 25, 2016, at 03:48, Gregg C Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello!
>> I have now confirmed that the Cat2960G series is the fellow who use F/O bundles as its preferred means managing a link to it. Does anyone have an idea as to the style of connecting F/O styles?
>> Gregg on that.
>> 
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>>>> On Aug 7, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 08/07/2013 07:47 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
>>>> Here's a stretch, a shop in California named WeirdStuff is selling a
>>>> Cisco Catalyst 2948G for 35 dollars. Obviously that prices does not
>>>> include S&H costs. They go onto discuss what else the thing has, such
>>>> as - Layer 3 Switch - 48 Ports 10/100 - 2 GBIC Ports for Gigabit
>>>> uplink. I believe that is a good description. But I'm no judge of
>>>> prices.
>>>> 
>>>> Someone here made the mistake of throwing out a batch of Cisco gear
>>>> items and I rescued them before the local vulture union could destroy
>>>> them. New I believe they are worth more then some of the cars people
>>>> drive here.
>>>> 
>>>> One was a Catalyst 2900, and the other was a Catalyst 2960G, (with the
>>>> optical delivery items for fiber-optics), and still another was a
>>>> 2500, (which is a classic amongst that family I believe.), and then a
>>>> 3600, the other happened to be a 2550 series unit.
>>>> 
>>>> How hard is it to identify them and confirm what I rescued?
>>> 
>>> Quite easy.
>>> 
>>> 2500s are ancient, but still very useful.  2900s, not so much.  3600s still go for more serious money; if they threw them in the trash, they're idiots.  2550s also fetch some money.
>>> 
>>> I can help you go through their hardware configurations and such, crack passwords for access, etc etc when the time comes.
>>> 
>>>             -Dave
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>>> New Kensington, PA
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