Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

[Jason Biel <jason () biel-tech com>]

> 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.taht () gmail com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:33 AM Jason Biel <jason () 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.taht () gmail com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 9:07 AM NetEquity Sales <sales () 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
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> > > >
> > > > On Thu, May 19, 2022, 9:48 AM Josh Luthman <
> josh () 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 () 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