Re: [MLUG] Installfest?

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Nathan Odle wrote:

> George Robb wrote:
> 
> > Network- (working on network) potential cisco switches...
> 
> 
> OK, I missed the post regarding the cisco switches, but I can definitely
> provide an IBM RouteSwitch 8274.  I've got 36 ports worth of 10/100 blades for
> it, as well as 100 Base-FX and ATM blades if for some reason they can be
> useful.  It's a pretty nice switchrouter, this particular one cost the
> University about $60,000 before I practically stole them at surplus for
> $250...apparently the only reason they got rid of them was because they
> weren't able to config the ATM stuff to be compatible with the rest of the
> network (I'm sure there's someone on the list with better info than that of
> course).  

Oh, it was more like the ATM stuff was permanantly broken, as I recall.
I'm pretty sure that folks would have disposed of that switch with a
trebuchet if university regulations would have allowed after the mess
that became the campus backbone.

--dlloyd
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