Bencat57 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:47 pm
That is very nice offer but be careful with the number being bought you may be spending lots of time working on them.
Perhaps as these new old stock Cisco units have a console cable included you could write an idiot guide and config that we as users could implement ourselves ?
There are youtube videos that will show you the basics.
I could post up a template / sample config text file - when I can spare a bit of time to do so.
The amount of time to configure a switch is about 5 minutes, if you have a template that you are just adjusting for the particular switch - eg name assigned to switch, IP address, address of router, which ports will be connected to other switches or a router and which to PC's or printers.
The command line interface (CLI) on business switches looks daunting to the novice, but CLI's are fantastic from a speed of installation point of view.
The console cables that come with Cisco switches have a serial plug on the PC end. Most laptops and desktops don't have serial sockets on them these days. Older laptops from 2005 tended to have them.
The solution is a serial to USB adapter which costs about £3 for a cheap one, which is OK for switches, or £15 for a good one that works with switches and AP's. For some reason Cisco AP's are very fussy about USB to serial adapters.