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The joke is that Cisco network switches never die

In the future the entire network will have been modernized and refitted except for the switches. (Just like some Organs)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Most of the internet infrastructure above the LAN side is actually Nokia switches these days. Cisco has lost a lot of market share. Most of the old Cisco switches are being replaced due to no longer being updated. Security wise, not great to keep an end of life switch.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You will be shocked Howe much old shit is still out there. I know of a few national providers who still have Cisco 7200vxr in production.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I work for an ISP, I definitely know how long old equipment gets held onto. Lol. Not saying it doesn’t happen, just saying Cisco isn’t the ubiquitous quality product it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe a case of business sector (e.g. ISP vs regular Datacenter or Hyperscaler vs normal businesses)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

salt typhoon enters the chat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You will be shocked

...bet? 😂

https://slrpnk.net/post/16304035

I do not miss scrambling to cover someone else's tech debt when an executive gets caught with their pants down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

But organs do get modernized..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cisco switches are full of bugs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The fans keep the bugs out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Everything is though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

They genuinely don't make them like they use to.

I had some 2950s and 3750s in the same rack on a dirty power circuit and we lost 3 ups and 2 3750s over 5 years but that 2950 just kept working.