does cable modem have advantages over dsl on a phone line? I recently obtained
2 25xx routers with T1 interfaces...I plan on getting broadband soon but
was wondering if one would serve me better than the other...i am strting
to work on my ccna.
thnx
-michael
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Re: Router for play @ home
Hey Mike- there's not a lot you can ever do with just one router. Cable
modems are great... I get 2 Megs most of the time & discourage my
neighbors from joining as often as I get a chance to :-) Cable modem
systems are a little strange. My Comcast system is fiber (digital) to a
sidewalk box (in my neighborhood), analog into house, then it hits the
cable modem & converts back to digital. So for me & a lot of other people,
a router is only something you can add after the cable modem (& not in
place of). The best bang for the buck, is a Cisco 3000 (3101) dual
Ethernet router. They run about $250 on Ebay & for another "approx." $200
(is what it has cost me to upgrade my 3000's) you can add new boot ROM's,
16 Megs of RAM, 8 Megs of FLASH, & compress (almost any IOS Cisco has out)
onto that 8 Megs of FLASH. This would allow you to encrypt or tunnel to
another router with VPN IOS, setup a firewall or an access list to take
logs, maybe good with NAT & PAT...
Good Luck !!!
Phil
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> From: Mike Sholar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 5:29 AM
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> Subject: Router for play @ home
>
>
> Hello people!
>
> Not exactly a cert question, but it applies. I will soon be getting cable
> intenet access at the house, and would like to purchase a cisco router
to
> play with behind the cable modem. What series router should I be looking
at,
> just to learn the ios and play around with. I am working on my CCNA, and
> realize a physical router is not necessary, but I will be progressing
> upwards and would like the experience. I looked at the 924 cable
> modem/router cisco sells, and the $899 price tag was a little much for
> play-time! Thanks for the input.
>
> Mike
>
> MCSE, MCP+I
>
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