Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

Thu May 19 15:33:14 UTC 2022

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.taht at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM NetEquity Sales <sales at 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 - sales at netequity.com
> >
> > On Thu, May 19, 2022, 9:48 AM Josh Luthman <josh at 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.taht at 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
>

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Jason
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