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Counterfeit \/ Fake Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1
Photograph Comparison Guide or the “Andover Test”<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Counterfeit Cisco or Fake Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1: Seeing is believing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognizing a Counterfeit Cisco or fake Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1’s is easy once you realize its not a matter of powering it on, but a matter of seeing the differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay attention as there will be a quiz at the end of this guide. <\/a>This photograph comparison test is not absolute and within a short period of time – we have no doubt – the counterfeiters will get better! But visual recognition will remain the best way to spot a counterfeit or fake Cisco WIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look at the two Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1 cards below. Can you tell the real from the Fake or counterfeit card?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not sure? Can’t figure out what points to look at? Then keep reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before you do, BOOKMARK<\/a> this page as the “Andover Test for Real\/Fake Cisco “. This page will likely save you plenty money and time–unless you really want the hassles of counterfeit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is selling the counterfeit or fake Cisco WICs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any seller<\/a> who is unaware about how to tell the differences is likely selling counterfeit Cisco. Cisco Counterfeit WIC-1DSU-T1 cards seem to be coming from every direction. eBay<\/a> is loaded with sellers having virtually no feedback offering NEW in box Cisco WIC-1DSU-T1 cards for scraps of money or sellers with 20,000+ plus feedback who have no idea of the differences between GENUINE and COUNTERFEIT \/ FAKE. We are not fingering only uninformed or corrupt eBay<\/a> sellers. Many Cisco resellers are also part of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you avoid buying a counterfeit or fake card?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Send them a link to this test and ask them to run the Andover Photo test! Since this test focuses on general attributes, many of these points are common to all Cisco product. While we wrote this test for the WIC-1DSU-T1, the points below describe common characteristics of other WIC cards commonly counterfeited such as the WIC-1ENET or WIC-1T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Excuse Section (or “Why I don’t need to take the Andover Test”)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those that most often sell counterfeit or fake cards refuse to take the Andover Photo test by saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n