[c-nsp] 2811 router doesn't recognize T-1 WICs - solved (sort of)

[Jay Hennigan]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Kevin Graham wrote:

> Are these genuine Cisco parts? I know the counterfeit market for
> VWIC's (both T1 and E1) is really brazen, so wondering if someone
> latched onto the -V2 WIC's. Atleast when it was PA-FE-TX or equiv
> knockoffs, they were passed off price-equivalent to used Cisco gear.
> Looking at prices on VWIC's, there's no question as to which are
> which.

If they're knockoffs, they're damn good ones.  Packaging and appearance
of the defective ones are absolutely identical to the working one.  I
did not take the time to closely examining such things as the printing on
the chips in terms of content, font, etc. but they were sold as genuine
from a reputable distributor.  The parts came in labeled static bags,
with cable and documentation, in a printed cardboard box.  The WIC,
static bag, and box had matching serial numbers in all cases.

Fit and finish, appearance, etc. were identical to the functional unit.

This seems like an awful lot of work to produce non-working knockoffs.

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