I suppose everyone knows counterfeit Cisco equipment has been streaming out of China for over a year or more:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/102306counterfeit.html?twht=102306thisweek <tinfoilhat> It has to be a Chinese government/military operation. Wouldn't it be nice to have your own code on thousands of routers and switches worldwide? </tinfoilhat> On Nov 10, 2007 8:37 AM, Eric Van Tol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am sure for the most part it's just > > about protecting their revenue stream. > > Of course it is. I imagine that a company like Cisco, which I'm sure > suffers the most from counterfeit gear, loses millions every year in > support costs alone. Cisco doesn't just accept the bad parts if they > are shipped to them from an RMA. They have an entire in-house group, > which I believe consists of an investigative team that works with local > law enforcement, that tracks down where the parts were bought. > > I'm no huge Cisco defender here, but I'm positive that if you were > selling a product, you'd want to not have to spend the money to support > that product, should it be counterfeit. > > What Cisco *needs* to do is stop ignoring reputable secondary market > resellers. They should work closely with these resellers to "recertify" > genuine gear. They're losing out on a lot of revenue, but it's their > own fault - there are resellers out there that have tried to work with > Cisco and they've been flat-out ignored. > > -evt > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Leadmon > > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 6:00 AM > > To: 'Adrian Chadd'; 'Ian Henderson' > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] "service unsupported-linecard" > > > > I agree, it should be configurable. As I would be damn > > peeved if I had a > > working switch or router, and out of the blue it stopped > > working. I find it > > hard to believe the counterfeiters won't quickly just include whatever > > response the IOS is looking for in their clone products as well. > > > > I believe all my Cisco gear is genuine, but if by any chance > > any linecards or > > wics are not, they still work fine! I am sure for the most > > part it's just > > about protecting their revenue stream.. > > > > > > --- > > Howard Leadmon > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cisco-nsp- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Chadd > > > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:07 AM > > > To: Ian Henderson > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] "service unsupported-linecard" > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007, Ian Henderson wrote: > > > > > > > > starting with the Cisco Catalyst 4500 with Cisco > > IOS Software > > > > > Release 12.2(40)SG, the Supervisor Engine 6-E offers Quack > > > > > support, which detects, disables, and logs counterfeit > > > > > components. > > > > > > > > And what an awesome feature name. > > > > > > > > > > .. is it configurable? > > > > > > (no service quack-support) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
