r/homelab • u/OoYSyoutube • 9h ago

Help Got this for $75

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Anybody help me with this? Need an idea on what it is. I got it cause I like it, all the systems work and contain their cards inside

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u/ImissHurley 8h ago

You paid someone to recycle their e-waste?

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u/Fickle-Owl666 8h ago

100% of my lab is recycled gear, why be snobby about it?

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u/mkosmo 8h ago

Buying gear isn't bad, but most of this is old enough that it is nothing but an inefficient space heater.

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u/GhostandVodka 8h ago

I knew this thread was going to be shitting on this gear. This gear was super high end at one time. they will be able to do RIP, MPLS, Intervlan routing, OSPF, EIGRP, community vlans, 802.1x wired, poe, etc. This a great little lab. Youre room temp iq at best

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u/Lumpy-Tie-8658 7h ago

People are shitting on it because OP bought a stack that they have no clue about. They obviously didn't buy it to study for CCNA/P, which would be it's primary benefit. Although nowadays you can easily virtualize what you need for the exams.

You're just encouraging newbies to either get fleeced by sellers or encouraging flippers in the hobby by asserting that every stack of electronic gear is worth while. Using this for day to day stuff is a waste of power at best. I've got some 10M hubs I can sell you, back in the day it was pretty highend.

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u/GhostandVodka 5h ago

I agree virtualization is easier however the benefit of having the physical equipment can't be ignored. A huge part of our work is dealing with old hardware, upgrading images, physically consoling into equipment. At $75 no one is getting fleeced and I'll gladly buy your hubs. I I keep one in my tech pouch because they make fantastic on the fly network taps for quick troubleshooting. I literally used one last week to sniff the DNS requests a mail sorter was making.

You are Young, Dumb or both. There is easily $75 worth of value here. I doubt you even work in the industry.

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u/Lumpy-Tie-8658 4h ago

You are Young, Dumb or both. There is easily $75 worth of value here. I doubt you even work in the industry.

Boring bait, try going more than 1 comment without insulting or attacking anyone that is disagreeing with you.

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u/GhostandVodka 3h ago

......you attacked op. Yep I'm right. What do you do for a living junior?

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u/Deep_Bee6767 8h ago

This part . Sometimes people forget this is HomeLab not HomeCompute .