[c-nsp] Article: Beware of counterfeit Cisco gear

[Shane@Doretel]

Here is a partial list of fake cards that I know of to be counterfeited!

CISCO1721
CISCO2950-24
CISCO2950G-24-EI
CISCO2950G-48-EI
CISCO2611XM
CISCO2621XM
CISCO NM-1E
CISCO NM-4E
CISCO NM-2W
CISCO NM-2FE2W-V2
CISCO WS-X4306-GB
CISCO VIC-2FXS
CISCO VIC-2FXO
CISCO PVDM-12
CISCO NM-HDV
CISCO NM-HDV-1E1-12
CISCO NM-HDV-1E1-30
CISCO NM-HDV-1E1-30E
CISCO NM-HDV-2E1-60
CISCO NM-HDV-1T1-12
CISCO NM-HDV-1T1-24
CISCO NM-HDV-1T1-24E
CISCO NM-HDV-2T1-48
WS-C3750-24-PSE
WS-C3750G-12-PSE
WS-C3750G-24-TE
WS-C3750G-24-TSE
WS-C3750-24-TSE
WS-C3750-48-TE
PIX-515E-UR-BUN
PIX-525-UR-BUN
PA-4T+
PA-MC-2T3+
PA-2FE-TX
PA-2FE-FX
PA-MC-8E1/120
CISCO VWIC-1MFT-T1
CISCO VWIC-2MFT-T1
CISCO VWIC-1MFT-E1
CISCO VWIC-2MFT-E1
CISCO VWIC-1MFT-G703
CISCO VWIC-2MFT-G703
CISCO VWIC-2MFT-T1-DI
CISCO VWIC-2MFT-E1-DI
CISCO WIC-1DSU-T1
CISCO WIC-1DSU-T1-V2
CISCO WIC-1T
CISCO WIC-2T
CISCO WIC-2A/S
CISCO WIC-1BST
AS535-DFC-108NP
AS54-DFC-108NP

This list is almost a year old. I am sure there is more. I will try to get a 
better list that is more complete.

Shane Breen
Doretel Communications, Inc.
Director of Sales & Marketing
Cisco Registered Partner
Office: 404.755.5721
Fax: 404.529.4617
sbreen at doretel.com
AIM: shanebreen2003
www.doretel.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph W. Breu" <breu at cfu.net>
To: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Article: Beware of counterfeit Cisco gear


> Quoting Jon Lewis <jlewis at lewis.org>:
>
>> The conspiracty theorist in me says cisco may be making things sound much
>> worse than they are in order to scare people into buying from "normal
>> distribution channels" rather than ebay or shadey network gear resellers.
>
> We bought 3 Cat 2509s from a 'reputed' supply source that turned out
> to be counterfeit.  The only reason we found out was the serial #s
> were the same as was the MAC address assigned to the chassis.
>
> Thanks,
>
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