The Cisco 871 Integrated Services Router extend the high-performance Cisco Integrated Services Router capabilities of running secure concurrent services, including firewall, VPNs, at broadband speeds to small offices. Easy deployment and centralized management features enable the Cisco 871 to be deployed in small office or teleworker sites as part of an enterprise network, by small to medium business customers for secure WAN connectivity, or used by service providers to offer business-class broadband services.This router come with Advanced IP Services Feature Set installed.
This review is from: Cisco CISCO871-SEC-K9 871 Integrated Services Router (Personal Computers)
Do you know what Cisco IOS is?
If not, just stop considering this right now. This isn't for you.
If you're working on a CCNA/CCNP cert, this thing is a great (albeit expensive) way to force you to learn your way around IOS, since there is nothing that will force you to configure your network properly faster than your own home. If you're working on a CCNP, it's got a lot of the features that are hard/impossible to find on used gear, plus you get the latest IOS updates (note that you'll have to hassle Cisco to enable your SmartNet contract since Amazon doesn't have a reseller code to provide). If anything, this product is worth it just for that: the ability to get your own legal IOS images for use in emulators such as GNS3, where you can set up your own virtual lab to play with/break things.
If you want this for your house, it's overkill unless you've got a 40+ megabit WAN connection (don't consider something like an old 1700 series if you've got...Read more
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If you know what this device is you know it's a great router. However, it's not the wireless version. If you're looking for wireless then look for the "871W" model 802.11G Router.
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