RE: [nsp] Ebay "Internet Router Problems"

From: Daniel Golding (dan@netrail.net)
Date: Sat Jun 23 2001 - 14:43:52 EDT


Yes, but I believe they generally require some sort of recertification.
Perhaps the unit failed, or ebay never bothered to have to checked out.

With all the second-hand equipment out there, the idea of building a large
ISP using nothing but second-hand routers starts to be alluring... :)

- Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deepak Jain [mailto:deepak@ai.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 2:09 PM
> To: Daniel Golding; Andre Gironda; Bill Carter
> Cc: Cisco Puck
> Subject: RE: [nsp] Ebay "Internet Router Problems"
>
>
>
> :)
>
> Second hand GSRs are still warrantable by SMARTnet, though I
> doubt Cisco has
> started auctioning SMARTnet agreements online.
>
> Deepak
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Golding [mailto:dan@netrail.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:21 PM
> To: deepak@ai.net; Andre Gironda; Bill Carter
> Cc: Cisco Puck
> Subject: RE: [nsp] Ebay "Internet Router Problems"
>
>
> This being ebay, it's probably a second hand GSR.
>
> - Dan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Deepak Jain [mailto:deepak@ai.net]
> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 6:34 PM
> > To: Andre Gironda; Bill Carter
> > Cc: Cisco Puck
> > Subject: RE: [nsp] Ebay "Internet Router Problems"
> >
> >
> >
> > Why don't they buy Smartnet contracts on their chassis' and line cards?
> >
> > Or am I missing something I should know about our GSR smartnet
> contracts?
> >
> > Deepak Jain
> > AiNET
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andre Gironda [mailto:andre@operations.net]
> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:00 PM
> > To: Bill Carter
> > Cc: Cisco Puck
> > Subject: Re: [nsp] Ebay "Internet Router Problems"
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:33PM -0500, Bill Carter wrote:
> > > Anyone here what caused Ebay's Internet Router problem this morning??
> > > Hopefully they have more than 1 router.
> >
> > Yes, eBay has more than one router. The problem was from a
> > reload on a GSR 12012 that resulted in a power supply and
> > linecard failure. eBay gets no support from Cisco on the
> > GSR and this is a battle eBay has been fighting since eBay
> > installed them.
> >
> > --
> > Andre Gironda
> >
> >
>
>



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