On 7 Aug 2013, at 20:18, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: On 7 Aug 2013, at 19:50, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 08/07/2013 07:47 PM, Gregg Levine wrote: Here's a stretch, a shop in California named WeirdStuff is selling a Cisco Catalyst 2948G for 35 dollars. Obviously that prices does not include S&H costs. They go onto discuss what else the thing has, such as - Layer 3 Switch - 48 Ports 10/100 - 2 GBIC Ports for Gigabit uplink. I believe that is a good description. But I'm no judge of prices. Someone here made the mistake of throwing out a batch of Cisco gear items and I rescued them before the local vulture union could destroy them. New I believe they are worth more then some of the cars people drive here. One was a Catalyst 2900, and the other was a Catalyst 2960G, (with the optical delivery items for fiber-optics), and still another was a 2500, (which is a classic amongst that family I believe.), and then a 3600, the other happened to be a 2550 series unit. How hard is it to identify them and confirm what I rescued? Quite easy. 2500s are ancient, but still very useful. 2900s, not so much. 3600s still go for more serious money; if they threw them in the trash, they're idiots. 2550s also fetch some money. Just check the fans in the 2500s. Remember how MINE died! I can help you go through their hardware configurations and such, crack passwords for access, etc etc when the time comes. I can too, but I m not too familiar with Layer 3 switches. I d love one to play with though. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA Hello! Okay Cory how quickly can you get here, and remember to bring everything you need, and everything you don t. Not very quickly if you don t have automated cable-installing robots and terminal servers. ;) Seriously though I've seen these items, ah, mentioned on Amazon whilst searching for items that wear an AUI port, and even an entire rack of gear was shown. Gotta love AUI gear. ----- Now why are the yetis now setting up tents and arranging for catering services for a long term stay? Needed the cash. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."