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My switch exploded
randomguy55
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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.
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lol. you got a lot of problems with your hardware!
Do you need IPv6? What firmware is needed? Ports etc?
lol wut? No downtime, and I dont think I have had many other problems..?
No, Cisco IOS, 48.
More or less, I just wanted opinions of the Cisco Catalyst 3750.
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.
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.
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.
Not exploded literally lol
It just turned off and wont come back on
That would be fine. We've never had an issue with our Cisco switches
@bjan588 Oh, I wanted a bedtime story..
Screw this! :P
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.
I feel very disappointed.
@Kalam Here you go
!(http://i.imgur.com/gEG8D.jpg)
Did i do it right?
take a look at some huawei switches, quite reliable
He gets them from Ebay. :P //Sarcasm
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?
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.
Cisco Switches, storm proof.
What da fuck BOOOOOOOM!
Oh Noes, it exploooodeeed
@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.