Re: Aftermarket switches that were manufactured in any sort of quantity?

[Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com>]

Let us change the focus here to offering some alternatives that people DO
recommend for best value for the dollar, used OR new.

Beckman, Amateur Internet Referee :-)

On Thu, 9 Jun 2022, Saku Ytti wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 at 21:59, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > With all due respect, without sharing NDA protected information about the specific quantity and model numbers of FS 
> > switches I have personal experience with in a certain network, there are very valid reasons to have significant 
> > concerns about the stability and feature set of the operating system that ships on them.
>
> Perhaps if you cannot offer context, then the message of 'fs is bad'
> is best shared elsewhere.
>
> > There is a reason they are abnormally cheap, in exactly the same way that FS transceivers which are literally the cheapest 1Gbps 
> > and 10Gbps OOK optics you can "Add to cart" and buy online are the cheapest transceivers you can buy on the market.
>
> They're not really particularly cheap, they are 'market rate', you can
> get 'market rate' from multiple suppliers, directly from manufacturers
> too. They are only cheaper than most EU+US resellers, that's about it.
>
> --
>  ++ytti

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