I worked as a sysadmin at a small magazine publisher. My first task as a new employee was figuring out why everyone in my part of the office (including me) had basically dial up speeds to the file server. Turns out there was a fully-utilized 220T in the back of the supplies closet. Basically 20 editors and layout artists were vying for their share of the single 100Mbit connection back to the main switch and the collision light was nearly solid. This was in 2005. I swapped it out for a Netgear managed gigabit switch and was the office hero for a week.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
wow!
@peppigue4 ай бұрын
what happened the next week?
@Tony-rl2fr4 ай бұрын
What have you done for me lately?
@greenerell4843 ай бұрын
haha
@user-wu4cw5ed5w5 ай бұрын
-"I shall see some youtube videos." -"I am back. I am an expert now" - it made me cracking up so hard xDD
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
😂
@user-wu4cw5ed5w5 ай бұрын
@@clabretro that's as funny as it is true
@dross17055 ай бұрын
Put that on a t-shirt. It was funny 😁
@zigforjustice5 ай бұрын
Seeing the dust reminded me of doing a bootloader upgrade on a Cisco 3560. During the upgrade it runs the fans at 100% (typically
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
haha
@PauIieWalnuts4 ай бұрын
Self-cleaning rack oven
@locnar17015 ай бұрын
When these came out, I was a college student who was working at a research lab. We did a beowulf cluster with 16 nodes and had one of these Intel switches at first. It couldn't handle the full bandwidth load after about 9 nodes. Started out at 100mb/s, then would crap out to 95% after 9 machines, and down the line as we added more nodes. No Bueno. The Cisco switches, they just kept the full 100mb/s per port fine and dandy
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
ha, great story! I plan on eventually getting a few of these to stack. I know I made jokes about Cisco but I have no doubt Cisco gear probably runs circles around these things under any real use haha.
@timballam36755 ай бұрын
You needed the 550T
@nickwallette62015 ай бұрын
Well, it's 24x 100Mb ports in only 2U. Compromises had to be made. What did you expect? ;-D
@BREADSTICKEMIR4 ай бұрын
Man Cisco is good though
@Koutsie5 ай бұрын
you're killing it with these videos, im about to enjoy another 37 minutes of late 90's retro tech goodness! hats off!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
thanks!
@dougermouse5 ай бұрын
I worked with the team that made those Intel products. I sat between Norm and Todd, the guys who did the GUI you played with. The stories I could tell!! Seriously, if you want to talk, let me know. Don't diss LAN MAN, he was on all our products back in those days and I miss his crazy winged self.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
I would be! you can message me at the email in the channel's about page! also no disrespect intended towards our friend LAN MAN
@TheErador5 ай бұрын
This ^ is why I like the retro community, a lot of the players from back in the day are still around and willing to talk
@dougermouse5 ай бұрын
done!@@clabretro
@combusean4 ай бұрын
How did "Intel Design Mafia" get past the suits?
@MitchyTheKid40953 ай бұрын
@@dougermouse Which campus was this being worked on? I worked at HF for 14 years. Never saw one of these until now.
@graybandit11405 ай бұрын
"I don't know how to configure Cisco switches, time to go watch some KZbin videos." "I'm back...I'm an expert now."
@cobrabuilder93364 ай бұрын
As far as configuring the Cisco, We used to just pull he config as a txt file and make our edits. then paste it back into the terminal. this made it much easier and the reason why cisco was preferred by most of network engineers i worked with including myself.
@Aruneh3 ай бұрын
Indeed. That's what we were taugt when I did CCNA/CCNP. We also had to write all configs from scratch in notepad and paste them in when doing tests.
@wesley000425 ай бұрын
Cisco switches were configured by doing a lot of cutting and pasting in a text editor and then into the switch.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
wish I had thought of that!
@joshgay23854 ай бұрын
^this... And once you get to the third or forth switch you have a good batch of basic configs in a document.
@itsbigwood51755 ай бұрын
That looks a lot like warehouse dust to me...forklift tire residue 😂 Super light, dry, and greenish gray when it gets in the air
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
yup I think you're right!
@easproul5 ай бұрын
Gotta admire how even a coating it is... 😂
@MarkTinberg4 ай бұрын
a little foam air filter on the intake as part of the design would probably make a lot of difference, although you might need more fan then
@JesseTheStig5 ай бұрын
My mouth dropped when you opened that case but glad it was just able to be cleaned with a simple dusting!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
same haha
@jonathandennerly74725 ай бұрын
Looks like that dust buildup comes from whatever warehouse it was sitting in. The tyres on forklifts wear down over time and leave that rubbery black dust everywhere, absolute pain when you're fetching something that hasn't been moved in years.
@majstealth4 ай бұрын
wow, a serial port with the data you need for it right on the device, how revolutionary! /s
@maxbroomfield53925 ай бұрын
Even though some of this gear is almost twice my age, I still love learning about old gems like these. Thanks for the videos Clab!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@blademan76715 ай бұрын
Omg. I had a 550T in my home lab. Pseudo layer 3? Good value. Stunned that you have them and made a video!
@mamba39685 ай бұрын
I don't know why but retro IT just amazes me. Just imagine throwing a switch to the bin without resetting it first, thats unimaginable from today's standards. Keep it up!
@llearch3 ай бұрын
To be fair, that switch looks like it was "wiped" according to the relatively loose standards of the day; not everyone works in high security areas, and if it was a factory (as many other folks have suggested due to forklift tire dust) then chances are it's a minimum effort wipe and you're done. Things have moved on a ton since then.
@MegaKrustyman4 ай бұрын
32:54 "Tank, I'm gonna need an operations program for Cisco C2900 series." 5 seconds later... "Let's go." Very Matrix - I love it!
@clabretro4 ай бұрын
😂
@nicholascopsey48075 ай бұрын
I think maybe that the riser was not completely seated in the connectors, some of the b-roll showed it sticking out of the connector a fair bit.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
you might be right I'll have to try reseating it!
@Natsumidragneelkim5 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly, the modules had to have the license key uploaded via FTP from the disc that came them.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
interesting... like the stack modules?
@Natsumidragneelkim4 ай бұрын
Yes
@taldmd5 ай бұрын
Their design is actually closer to 80s/90s HiFi equipment, lovely.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
agreed!
@DarkT3ch5 ай бұрын
One thing I'm happy about with your channel, and I guess it's me being silly to have not really thought about it sooner, despite "retro" being part of the channel name, I really love that all this hardware gets another chance in the spotlight again, even if it's for testing or historical or learning purposes, it's quite nice seeing old devices like those (on your channel) come back to life and serve some purpose, rather than getting crushed/destroyed. If I was going to be a Greek tech philosopher watching the natural cycle of how tech evolves, it would bring a tear to my eye. Alright, I'm done making silly jokes, seriously, this is good stuff, keep up the good work!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
Thank you! That's exactly my hope. I think it's a shame when this stuff just goes to the recycler. I didn't even know this Intel networking gear existed until a couple months ago, and based on how hard it was to get the software (which I've got up on archive.org now) I suspect a lot of other folks didn't either.
@DarkT3ch5 ай бұрын
@@clabretro I'll be up front, intel switches, I sure as heck didn't, but nevertheless I'm happy you've gotten them and they have some purpose, again, even if it's minimal. In some ways it reminds me of my roots (before I had money) when I'd regularly save stuff from the e-waste recycler and repurpose it for my own use, computers, networking gear and even some game consoles. It's been years since then, but humble beginnings.
@TIMLPDE5 ай бұрын
I rarely comment on videos as i barely got anything to say, but: Ive found your Channel thanks to the sun thin clients and got immediately hooked. You got a calm voice and not using any background music is a good choice, although if you think otherwise, I wouldnt mind. Your videos are AMAZING as an ongoing system administrator - just started my apprenticeship. Dont underestimate how much youre teaching us with a simple hobby, it helps a lot. Thank you, i hope youll love doing what youre doing as much as i love watching your channel! Greetings from Germany. =)
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
thank you! I'm glad to hear that.
@Nick116255 ай бұрын
As an IT guy I LOVE the way you explain everything in detail but keeping it simple so non-tech folks can understand and enjoy your videos! The only problem is that now I have to buy all this retro networking gear because I feel the need to play with it😂
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
haha
@webluke5 ай бұрын
For that time, the Intel management Windows application would have been super innovative. Mikrotik was disruptive with its WinBox and lower prices some years later. They also use that 192.168.88.x default IP range. I wonder if there was some inspiration from the Intel gear.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
Interesting about the default 192.168.88.x range. Also I need to try discovering it again but with a new network set -- I wonder if it just set it to the subnet that already existed in the app. Also I agree -- this thing discovers new devices (on different subnets!) faster than Ubiquiti gear haha.
@AnonyDave5 ай бұрын
The only thing worse than software that failed to get archived due to stupid download systems back in the day, is software from companies that got acquired just before the internet really picked up. I have some stuff for debugging a scsi bus (for a project idea I had a while back, think bluescsi but can handle lvd instead), but the company that acquried them never put the software online. Several more acquisitions later and the only thing left on the internet (even the archive) from that first company is a document from a training program they used to run *rolls eyes* 1996 and earlier is just pain unless you know a disc hoarder
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
Pre-2000s stuff is *very* hit and miss for sure.
@AnonyDave5 ай бұрын
@@clabretro I absolutely love bitsavers for the work they've done archiving stuff from the before-times. I just wish they had the resources to get everything from then. *sigh*
@LogicalNiko3 ай бұрын
These were some of the first enterprise switches I worked on outside of Cisco and 3com gear. Intel donated a few 510Ts to the ACM Lab at the UofI in 98 or 99. Before that most of our gear was running on a few rings of 10Base-2 rings. At the true per port packet switching was a bit of a luxury in a lot of locations. And you also had some very strange mid-tear and large campus gear using 4-8 port switching hubs, large hubs with port security that did bit shifts to prevent sniffing, packet concentrators and the like. By 2000-2005 they pretty much were all obsolete by relatively affordable switches with decent backplane speeds. The temp light was generally because lots of companies started re-wiring networks and would use any random place to toss a lot of this gear. Plenum spaces, HVAC closets, in the back of cupboards, etc. It wasn't too surprising to see these things running in 80-95 degree ambient temps for 5-10 years. Plus running a decent backplane speed was a pretty hefty task...right now a single off the shelf ASIC could keep up with 100Mbps Full Duplex but there were some pretty decent ICs needed back 26 years ago.
@chaseohara47815 ай бұрын
"Manageable Hub" *blinks* wait, wha.... 😂
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
yeah what would you even do with it? i needed to see it in that UI though! haha
@dricci5 ай бұрын
The only thing I can think of is maybe enabling or disabling ports?
@jfbeam5 ай бұрын
It is if the management module is in it. But having one, it's useless; it's just an RMON engine. There's really nothing to configure - it's a f'ing hub. (I think mine is in storage. It's pretty useless - even when Intel gave it to me for free. Back in those days, lots of companies gave loads shit to ISP engineers.) [It might allow 10 and 100 at the same time, but it's been decades since I bothered to even touch mine]
@barywhite20255 ай бұрын
@@clabretro I had a 3Com PS40 hub, which was probably from around the same time. The management basically allowed statistics monitoring. But it also allowed you to create multiple segments, which was pretty much the same as creating a VLAN and adding say ports 1-8 to it. The idea was that you could uplink each segment on the hub to a more expensive switch port, albeit at the cost of an uplink port in each segment. Loving the look back at all this older technology.
@djtecthreat4 ай бұрын
My elementary school had these, I was fascinated seeing them flash away and was sure we were now in the future.
@samsthomas5 ай бұрын
My memory is that “interface range…” is a much more recent innovation than you would think. On the positive side for the Cisco, you could script configuration with expect or create a config in a text file with a script and do a “copy tftp run”. Both of those methods scaled much better than pointy-clicky or even “interface range”.
@v12alpine5 ай бұрын
true, or even just cut and paste into the cli... the lack of cli in the intel doomed it for any large scale application.
@samsthomas5 ай бұрын
@@v12alpine we deployed a bunch of Bay 350Ts. Similar curses/text screen menu configuration to the Intel. Fortunately once deployed we rarely had to modify the configs, but we never bought another piece of kit without a proper CLI.
@jfbeam5 ай бұрын
@@v12alpine SNMP. That was supposed to be The Thing[tm] back then. Of course, these things were so primitive there was very little to configure. Cisco IOS on a switch was quite a nice thing, but again, switches do very little. "interface range" has been around for a long time; support for it on switches may have taken a lot longer as the firmware rarely changed. Replacement / direct editing of the startup-configuration is still a very common method for initial and mass configuration.
@MarkTinberg4 ай бұрын
"interface range" is really hard to program templates around, it's much easier to just loop over a list of ports and template out each one individually than try to programmatically figure out which ones can be combined and which can't, it's only useful for by-hand interactive setup for small or highly labor-available environments.
@MarkTinberg4 ай бұрын
@@jfbeamSNMP still is a major thing, although SNMP SET is less used for pushing configuration on modern equipment than the new hotness of NETCONF with XML, but you still find modern network management that use SNMP SET and GET just like this Intel does with a gui management tool, eg. I maybe misremembering but I thought Apple Airports used SNMP the same way with their desktop gui app. Printers too sometimes use SNMP for detection and interactive config like HP, IIRC. That's aside from SNMP GET/GETBULK still being the most efficient and standard way to collect metrics from manged devices. Server software has Prometheus and stuff but the base OS and network is probably polled SNMP.
@waterflame3215 ай бұрын
I'm a simple liquid. I see new video i click
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
🫡
@VideosVlogsThatsIt5 ай бұрын
Big nani moment
@waterflame3215 ай бұрын
@@clabretro is joke. you know because water. Well I guess on fire... flaming liquid?
@JaredConnell4 ай бұрын
@@waterflame321don't be ashamed of who you are. It's nobody's business what state of matter you're in! Flow freely, brother.
@silvercoulter2 ай бұрын
I drip
@geraldnichols18865 ай бұрын
I don't remember if the range command was available in that version of the IOS...but, as a work around...you can type the commands in a text editor and copy and paste them into the CLI. Using text files you can setup config templates and copy/paste entire configs once you've edited them, or edit a config outside of the switch and just tftp it over to the Cisco device.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
wish I thought of that, comparing the tftp config loading between the two would've been interesting
@ximalas4 ай бұрын
Sometimes I use awk(1) to generate the needed text.
@ShainAndrews5 ай бұрын
I always built my Cisco configs in text and pushed them out. Have to make sure your terminal software didn't just blast it out though. I remember getting competitive data sheets on Intel and HP for this era. I never once saw either of them in my markets so it was kinda neat to finally see one. Keep up the good work.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
I did notice this thing had a remote config loader, I might have to try that.
@travispulley88994 ай бұрын
Cool stuff, and excellent quality production! I'm procrastinating some PC repair work, and this was a nice break before getting back to that.
@clabretro4 ай бұрын
thank you!
@nathanstaab5 ай бұрын
Ha! I havent seen these in years. Intel donated a ton of gear to a bunch of high schools in Arizona - as their fab was basically right down the road. It was a combination of those and 1000FX modules out to the classrooms. They had a 550T "routing" switch that had 8x 1000FX ports. all done over OM1. I was able to get one of those 550T's and there is an undocumented username and password to grant you admin access if you lost the username and password.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
interesting!
@stuffedpetcatty5 ай бұрын
wow that 510t looks like its seen some action... and thats some INTENSE reassembly music! love it clabbert!!!🦕
@zelllers5 ай бұрын
New clabretro, let's go!!!!!!
@MadITGeek5 ай бұрын
Did not know intel even made enterprise network gear- they are well-known for making Nics, but not this. Now I know :)
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
same here!
@CheapSushi5 ай бұрын
I just like the look of the big chips on the PCB. Cool to see these still work.
@Codeaholic15 ай бұрын
Loving your networking topics lately. Just need some Juniper or Nortel gear
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
those are definitely on the list!
@Ronnocbot5 ай бұрын
@@clabretro Nortel for sure! Truly fascinating systems.
@Codeaholic15 ай бұрын
I worked for a university where we transitioned from ATM fiber links between wiring closets with piles of Cabletron hubs to all switched ethernet on Nortel hardware. It was a crazy time for networking. The stuff you could do with vlans, EAP, and VRRP was awesome.
@DarkVeilGaming5 ай бұрын
Hey, finally something similar to what I have! I have a pair of Intel 210T hubs sitting in my garage, makes me want to get them out and use them - they connect together with this huge beefy cable, love it :)
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
nice!
@pmsrodrigues5 ай бұрын
Watching this reminded me I had a pair of Intel routers with the same exact management interface in the early 2000s, each at the end of a dedicated E1 line. Same case design as well.
@d3yuen4 ай бұрын
My homie clabretro ballin with your C2950! We only got Catalyst 1950's 😅
@clabretro4 ай бұрын
😂
@jimjimmy33674 ай бұрын
crazy, i bought one of these from a thrift store when i was a kid and used it for my home lab for a while
@Constabruity5 ай бұрын
9:53 you just assembled it more efficiently than the manufacturer is all.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
I'm a professional
@marcviej.56354 ай бұрын
wow what a rollercoaster to find that software, i was already accepting the fact that you'd never find the software to keep the disappointment to a minimum but bam you got it 😁 nice video
@idahofur5 ай бұрын
Years ago I picked up a used Intel Netport Express print server. Works great for all the old stuff. Web interface looks just like that. Lucky for me I went right over to Intel's website and grabbed the last firmware upgrade for it and such. At the time I only really known about HP jet direct print servers and a few others for home use.
@jasoncooper63205 ай бұрын
I had one of these in my small business years ago and was so proud of it. One of the first pieces of pro network gear we purchased. Had the module with diagnostics LCD. Very nostalgic. Thanks for posting!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
very cool. that LCD module is slick. thanks for watching!
@Mr_Meowingtons5 ай бұрын
the inside of that looks like the place I use to work at.. we had 3 Huge Hi Def plasma tables and that dust was everywhere. and that's what the inside of our computers looked like.
@PaladineGFH5 ай бұрын
Once again another great video. I have to say that you finding all this great retro network gear kind of makes me jealous. While I am not into the older network gear like you are I still keep an eye out for that thing I can't live without.
@RayneYoruka4 ай бұрын
32:50 "I don't actually know how to configure a cisco switch, I've never done it" so I'm gonna watch some youtube videos. I'm back, I'm an expert now" 10/10 I love it, you've got me right there, I gotta sub now just because of that~~
@craigmurray47465 ай бұрын
Back in 2004 when I was doing my "diploma" at my "college", I remember one of the instructors/on site admin playing with a managed Intel switch - I think it was 200 something series. I remember being fascinated as up until then I didn't know such a thing existed. I knew about and had used hubs and unmanaged switches, but managed switches blew my 18 year old brain.
@kgottsman5 ай бұрын
Had the 510T for many, many years until I refreshed with Unifi gigabit a few years ago. They were real workhorses. Worked great for almost 20 years.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
these things seem tough
@redgek5 ай бұрын
> I'm back, I am expert now I feel called out. Also love the music in cleaning and reassembling segments. Very comfy videos, thank you for sharing!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
thanks!
@anthonytidey20055 ай бұрын
I believe that it has Cork on it as it was designed and possibly manufactured in Cork, Ireland.
@CSCITEK4 ай бұрын
Compressed air is my friend when dealing with dirty hrw like this. Also I get to spend time outdoors :D
@waytostoned5 ай бұрын
I ended up scrapping mine for needed parts that be useful down the road. The power suppy is AT based, so somewhat useful with older smaller cased AT machines. Was able to use the memory on a few video cards, to expand the ram. These machines take a crapton of power to run, compared to more modern routers. I still have a management interface expansion if you want one.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
I would be interested, you can message the email in the channel's about page if you want!
@ricardobornman16985 ай бұрын
Cool comparison between these two titans and judging from the dust, it's a testament as to how well the Intel kit was built.
@RobThaDestroyer5 ай бұрын
Dell poweredge 2950. Finally got an os on it. It is a mini jet turbine in noise
@The_Electronic_Beard5 ай бұрын
So cool! Never had my paws on any Intel network gear. Thanks for the vicarium!
@efedevirgen58354 ай бұрын
the thing i love about(and sad about)is how easily repairable/servicable it is
@ssmg4 ай бұрын
I sneezed just watching this, seen too many of these types of dust magnets doing IT in a small town
@TheColinputer4 ай бұрын
That dust reminds me of what was inside some switches i got from a shipping company. I figured it was soot from all the forklifts driving around every day. Most places round where i am used LPG powered forklifts.
@John-McAfee5 ай бұрын
Turning into my favorite tech channel, buddy. Really awesome stuff and enjoy your content.
@JZB-20225 ай бұрын
Great video! Can't wait for more videos to enjoy as I start my new Network Engineer job!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
thanks! and congrats!
@poofygoof4 ай бұрын
we had a pair of these at my first job out of college, I think they were 400-series, but looked like your units with the DB9 management port. ISTR they could only handle 400mbit across the backplane, so just a few machines doing large file copies could slow everybody down. they were big, power hungry, and didn't always autonegotiate correctly, but worked well enough into the early 2000s for my employer. (one was still retained for older gear after the building was rewired to support gigabit...)
@gomergomez19845 ай бұрын
Man these are cool since I like retro things, be nice to find with 10/100/1000 ports if they were made.
@badspecgamer1285 ай бұрын
I sneezed just watching that cleaning
@veylenn4 ай бұрын
I loved these switches "Back in the day". Super reliable. Installed tons of them (was an IT consultant working in a sweat shop at the time) Not sure whats up with your FX module. It does look like its not seating nicely. IIRC they would push all the way in *before* having to use the screws.
@clabretro4 ай бұрын
yup completely right! needed to reseat the riser and module board, working now!
@jamesbonner6925 ай бұрын
I see it can also work wirelessly. With that wireless cat 5 cable.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
way ahead of its time
@hw25085 ай бұрын
Like the Wizard of Oz turning to color.
@-r-4954 ай бұрын
very satisfying cleanup.
@stevetheripper5 ай бұрын
Loving the vids, awesome sense of humour. "I'm an expert now" - punk rock 🤘
@tornadotj20595 ай бұрын
I deployed a whole bunch of these as an "upgrade" to our aging Networth (acquired by Compaq) network. These things were awful. STP issues out the rear that they never could figure out, and speed issues as reported in other posts. I did some research and came to the determination that these were almost certainly built by D-Link for Intel. I don't recall now if it was an Intel engineer that told me this (I knew some of their networking crew very well) or if I found out some other way. I was also using Shiva VPN gateways back then, and Shiva was acquired by Intel, this is how I got to know some of the Intel networking team. I'm almost positive they ended up at Computer Reset in Dallas, as did our Shiva gear. I know for sure the Shiva gear was there as I saw some of it in a recent KZbin video with my labels on it.
@MarkTinberg4 ай бұрын
Man, I haven't heard the name Shiva VPN in a looong time.
@tornadotj20594 ай бұрын
@@MarkTinberg it was really good.
@blackryan52915 ай бұрын
9:05 - Devoured by Karl Casey. That is such a hard beat. Karl snapped on that. Great choice my friend 👌
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
yes!
@alexanerwalls37575 ай бұрын
I would highly recommend buying an ESD vacuum if you're dealing with dirty boards a lot, the SCS 497AJN is a very common model of them. I highly recommend folks to not run boards under the sink because of possible salts in the dust. better off just blowing it off with an air hose tbh
@floodo14 ай бұрын
that assembly montage, lit
@Cr4zYH3aD5 ай бұрын
If there's no interface range command, I would do it on notepad like interface f0/x then your config then exit then the next interface etc... and just paste it into the switch after conf t. Nice video!
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
yeah wish I thought of that! thanks!
@Xploder2705 ай бұрын
A new video already? Damn this channel is a gold mine!
@MadITGeek5 ай бұрын
if you're gonna do a shootout-how about throw in Hp Procurve switches in there too-lifetime transferrable warranty back in the day. my Ex-boss swore by them. Now? in the Aruba era? not so much lol...but back in the day back in the era of those switches...
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
definitely. finding some Procurve gear is definitely on my list!
@douro205 ай бұрын
A lot of Cisco stuff at the time used Intel GbE transceivers.
@LeeZhiWei82195 ай бұрын
I love your channel dude. Funnily enough, after I got off work today haha... Super awesome to see your stuff man.
@LeeZhiWei82195 ай бұрын
Oh so this was what the Instagram post was about, 😂
@LeeZhiWei82195 ай бұрын
Btw dude, I dm'd you on Saturday, cause I wanna donate something haha... Didn't know another way to contact you.
@LeeZhiWei82195 ай бұрын
Is there vlan trunking on this?
@LeeZhiWei82195 ай бұрын
switch configs go very simple, for cisco, en, conf t, vlan x, Name x, int Fa0/1, switchport mode access, switchport access vlan x, or switchport mode trunk, switchport trunk encap dot1q, switchport trunk allowed vlan x,y then typically no shut. Quite simple lol.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
yeah but no vlan in conf t with this old ass IOS version 😂. I'm bad at checking messages, I'll message you back!
@dennisfahey23794 ай бұрын
The variation in IOS commands was a problem for Cisco in its large Merger and Acquisition days. Most of the products were brought in through acquisition and having been built by independent companies - who could not violate Cisco Patents - their command structures were different. And you are comparing an in-house built router with an acquired switch and at a time when the standards for VLAN and QOS etc were really going full mainstream. Jump forward a few updates and things not only coalesce to being consistent but also start to work as a unified system. IE you setup a VLAN on the router and the LAN switch will immediately know about it and is ready to join with less effort. I can recall a period where every network node you bought had its only config headaches. It was nice when things implicitly started to sense and cooperate with eachother right out of the box.
@null_quinn5 ай бұрын
i don't know why but every time i see one of these videos i click immediately... you're the only person ive seen that does stuff with retro tech exactly like me, with little to no knowledge and just experiments lol
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
haha it's the best way
@TheducksOrg4 ай бұрын
I admin'ed one of the 510T's 2001-2003. It was one of the only 100M devices in my department at the time.. hah (via a 100M hub module in the expansion slot)
@drrenard1277Ай бұрын
I guess I appreciate the HP Procurve switch I had. it sits somewhere between those two machines and all ports were modules. was easy to set up over console
@bruhzooka4 ай бұрын
Those intel switches soaked the biggest cork!
@chaseohara47815 ай бұрын
Legitimately my favourite way to find old software is to trawl old unsecured FTP archives, hahaha. For Cisco in particular, this is a goldmine. Haha
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
IBM too!
@jfbeam5 ай бұрын
They aren't "unsecured". They're intentionally open: Anonymous FTP. Left overs from a long lost era.
@choppergirl4 ай бұрын
This guy has never seen my massive tower of Cabletron Hubs. More blinkenlicht than Times Square on Christmas day. Big, brutal, beige, with manuals to die for, they provided 10bt in spades everywhere across every college campus and business I guess back in the 1980's. Before there was the Cisco behemoth, there was... Cabletron as the big dawg networking company.
@somberrhombus4 ай бұрын
The glow up intense.
@tomteiter71925 ай бұрын
Normal looking gear from an industrial setting. I pulled switches or computers from racks in switch/machine rooms, that were literally filled up with dust. Sometimes they died after cleaning, because of fine metal powder in the dust being compacted by the blasts of compressed air becoming conductive enough between pins to produce short circuits or mangled signals
@alc54405 ай бұрын
That dust explosion was wild. lol
@TrolleyMC5 ай бұрын
Wow what a lot of dust, great looking switches. The user interface looks super user friendly, any new Jr Admin or IT Tech would've loved this equipment.
@clabretro5 ай бұрын
Was thinking the same thing... would've been an incredible product for a "half-time" admin or someone that was just doing it on the side to keep things running.
That first switch *really* needs to switch to nicotine gum. Also, I hate trying to find some obscure download or firmware and just met with an FTP that wasn't archived. Depressing. Even worse when trying to find something that was behind some kind of "enter serial number" prompt also.
@MrKrezol5 ай бұрын
By watching your videos, I’m an expert right now with Cisco and IBM gear
@michaelloving80044 ай бұрын
The first cisco switch I ever bought was cisco 2924xl 12 port 10/100 and few years later I bought a cisco 2950 24 port 10/100 then cisco 1721 isr modular router rack version then a cisco 1751 stackable modular
@tellyjoossens41865 ай бұрын
Ah man why do I watch these video's, now I want one...