> The oem ain't gonna support the resold device either. Many vendors support resold gear through a recertification cost in order to bring it back under a support contract.
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:58 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:33 AM Jason Biel <ja...@biel-tech.com> wrote: > > > > Who's going to support that reflashed device? Certainly not the OEM > vendor. > > The oem ain't gonna support the resold device either. > > Yes, arguably, someone or someones doing a value add would have to be > making money at it somehow. > > However, at least in my world, volunteers make the world round, still. > It would kind of suck, > I suppose, if someone unleashed a few hundred thousand reflashed > routers like the TIP openwifi > effort ( https://telecominfraproject.com/ ) seem to intent on doing... > > ... but if the OS is good enough to not need support, the impact is > minimal. > > > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:30 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM NetEquity Sales <sa...@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 - sa...@netequity.com > >> > > >> > On Thu, May 19, 2022, 9:48 AM Josh Luthman < > j...@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.t...@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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Jason > > > > -- > FQ World Domination pending: > https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/state_of_fq_codel/ > Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC > -- Jason