[nsp] Switch Fraud

[John Ferriby]

By way of observation:

We have several 2950's and all the s/n labels match
what ios is reporting.

The nature of this thread is a bit disturbing, but
I shouldn't be surprised...  

-John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Sam Stickland
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 7:52 AM
> To: Stephen J. Wilcox
> Cc: Ryan O'Connell; Cisco Nsp
> Subject: Re: [nsp] Switch Fraud
> 
> 
> Sorry, forgot to mention. This is a Cisco 2950.
> 
> Sam
> 
> Stephen J. Wilcox <steve at telecomplete.co.uk> wrote:
> > what sort of switch?
> > 
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Sam Stickland wrote:
> > 
> >> Have checked back with the client, and it turns out what they are
> >> actually saying is that the system serial number reported by Sh ver
> >> is different from the system serial number on the sticker on the
> >> back of the chasis and the sticker on the box.
> >> 
> >> Also the MAC address sticker on the chasis blatently isn't a mac
> >> address (or if it is it's the first MAC address I've seen that's has
> >> H's and V's in it!).
> >> 
> >> Sam
> >> 
> >> Ryan O'Connell wrote:
> >>> Sam Stickland wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Have anyone ever come across any Cisco switches that have one
> >>>> serial number reported by 'show version' and a different serial
> >>>> number on the back of the case?
> >>>> 
> >>>> A client has just received a shipment of 8 of these, and it seems
> >>>> quite suspicious.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> This is quite normal, one is the serial number of the motherboard
> >>> and the other the serial number of the chassis.
> >> 
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