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My switch exploded

bijan588bijan588 Member
edited June 2012 in General

So my switch exploded, no downtime, as I had a fallover.

Anyways, need to buy a new one, thinking about Cisco Catalyst 3750.

Needs to be L3.

Comments

  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    lol. you got a lot of problems with your hardware!

  • @bijan588 said: Anyways, need to buy a new one, thinking about Cisco Catalyst 3750.

    Needs to be L3.

    Do you need IPv6? What firmware is needed? Ports etc?

  • bijan588bijan588 Member
    edited June 2012

    @netomx said: lol. you got a lot of problems with your hardware!

    lol wut? No downtime, and I dont think I have had many other problems..?

    @ShardHost said: Do you need IPv6? What firmware is needed? Ports etc?

    No, Cisco IOS, 48.

    More or less, I just wanted opinions of the Cisco Catalyst 3750.

  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    @bijan588 said: lol wut? No downtime, and I dont think I have had many other problems..?

    weren't you the guy from the thread "THAT node" or something like that?

  • @netomx said: weren't you the guy from the thread "THAT node" or something like that?

    Yeah... the node was not in production though. I dont put broken things into my gaming network.

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  • Do you need EMI or will SMI be fine?

    The 3750 is a solid switch.

  • SMI should be fine, its for uplink to gaming servers so I dont need the extra features.

  • InfinityInfinity Member, Host Rep

    Somehow I don't believe it exploded, or am I being trolled. >_>

    I have exploded a switch before intentionally but I've never had one explode under normail conditions.

    Be a man, explode a switch with the biggest capacitor you can find, I did with a cap the size of a large computer tower, just be careful to leave it shorted out when you've finished so you don't blow a limb off.

  • @Infinity said: Somehow I don't believe it exploded, or am I being trolled. >_>

    Not exploded literally lol

    It just turned off and wont come back on

  • @bijan588 said: SMI should be fine, its for uplink to gaming servers so I dont need the extra features.

    That would be fine. We've never had an issue with our Cisco switches

  • InfinityInfinity Member, Host Rep
    edited June 2012

    @bjan588 Oh, I wanted a bedtime story.. :(

    Screw this! :P

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  • tmn29atmn29a Member

    @bijan588 said: @Infinity said: Somehow I don't believe it exploded, or am I being trolled. >_>

    Not exploded literally lol

    It just turned off and wont come back on

    Was just about to write "Picture or it didn't happen" !
    I came here to see some scorched hardware - you should change the title or else there will be a lot of pissed off ppl ! ^^

  • HP, 3COM, HUAWEI yeah i believe it if you say those exploded.

    Not cisco. Never.

    Thanked by 1klikli
  • kalamkalam Member
    edited June 2012

    @tmn29a said: I came here to see some scorched hardware - you should change the title or else there will be a lot of pissed off ppl ! ^^

    I feel very disappointed.

  • HalfEatenPieHalfEatenPie Veteran
    edited June 2012

    @Kalam Here you go

    !(http://i.imgur.com/gEG8D.jpg)

    Did i do it right?

  • take a look at some huawei switches, quite reliable

  • DerekDerek Member

    @netomx said: lol. you got a lot of problems with your hardware!

    He gets them from Ebay. :P //Sarcasm

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  • gsxgsx Member

    Several years ago, I had a DSL modem and a D-Link router at home. One day, someone in the family happened to place the DSL modem on top of the D-Link router. Unfortunately, the DSL modem was a little old and known to get a little hot. On this particular day, the heat caused the D-Link router to actually catch fire.

  • @gsx: And...?

  • @gsx I remember them "FON" boxes being "overheating" and the plastic actually warping, there's a shit load of vid's on YT about it.

    @bijan588 How old was the switch?

  • RobertRobert Member

    one of our best clients back in a previous job had quite a few Cisco switches in their office. One day they were struck by lightning. It must have induced quite a bit of current in the building's CAT5 as a few pc's went bang. Quite a few of the Cisco ports blew as well but not one of the switches actually failed - they kept passing traffic on the unaffected ports the whole time.

  • @Robert said: Quite a few of the Cisco ports blew as well but not one of the switches actually failed - they kept passing traffic on the unaffected ports the whole time.

    Cisco Switches, storm proof.

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  • BlazeMuisBlazeMuis Member
    edited June 2012

    What da fuck BOOOOOOOM!

    Oh Noes, it exploooodeeed

  • gsxgsx Member

    @Boltersdriveer Sorry to be slow. Essentially the "fire" was a spark or two that burned a nice hole in the plastic and rendered the D-Link router useless. Took a trip to Best Buy and bought a new one.

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