Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

[George Metz <george.metz () gmail com>]

There's some queue-jumping happening for other reasons -
medical/hospital a significant portion of that - but even there I'm
hearing 6+ months for some switch hardware and Cisco APs are pretty
uniformly "if you didn't order before March, you won't see them for
over a year".

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:29 PM nanog () jima us <nanog () jima us> wrote:
> Anecdotally, I had a pair of Nexus 93180s that I ordered in May 2021 show up in February 2022, so 9 months. The 
> estimated ship date got punted several times (probably due to being preempted by folks employing the approach Laura 
> outlined ;-) ).
>
> I haven't ordered anything since then, but I understand that 4-8 months isn't unexpected, still.
>
> - Jima
>
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> On Behalf Of Drew Weaver
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 07:24
> To: 'nanog () nanog org' <nanog () nanog org>
> Subject: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?
>
> I'm not sure if this is the right place for this discussion but I can't think of anywhere better to ask.
>
> Has anyone seen any progress whatsoever on supply chain issues with networking hardware?
>
> I've noticed that primary market lead times have been increasing and at the same time secondary market pricing has 
> also been going higher at the same time, still.
>
> What have you seen?