[ale] [Semi-OT] Networking Equipment

[Sparr]

There are almost certainly some 2-5 year old cisco switches sitting
around at Freeside waiting for someone to put them to some good
educational use. I'll check and get back to you.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:47 PM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com> wrote:
> I'd like to get my hands dirty, so I'm looking for one (or more) cheap
> managed switches.  Cisco probably preferred, since they have the
> lion's share of the gear out there, but I'm open to other suggestions.
>  I know there are some switches for around $50 on eBay, but most of
> those seem to be ancient and I'm not sure how relevant they are to
> what's out there today.  (i.e., devices that went end-of-sale a decade
> ago.)  Of course, the basics might not have changed too much.  I'm not
> looking to go CCNA or really work as a network guy, just to know
> enough to have a good grasp of the network side and maybe to do some
> small business scale tasks.
>
> Can anyone suggest a source for cheap used networking gear?  Or
> alternatively, suggest models of switches worth looking at on
> eBay/other?