What ADSL router would you recommend for a small business that's
assuming that I do not know the Cisco IOS syntax? I was using lots of
Netgear stuff but their recent N series is just not working properly
and the previous model is difficult to get. That's the main reason why
I'm looking for a replacement. Price range wise it would be best if
they were somewhere between 90 and 200 quid as we're talking 3 to 20
user businesses. Thanks
yaro

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:39:08 -0700 (PDT), yaro137
<yaro137@newsgroup> wrote:

>What ADSL router would you recommend for a small business that's
>assuming that I do not know the Cisco IOS syntax? I was using lots of
>Netgear stuff but their recent N series is just not working properly
>and the previous model is difficult to get. That's the main reason why
>I'm looking for a replacement. Price range wise it would be best if
>they were somewhere between 90 and 200 quid as we're talking 3 to 20
>user businesses. Thanks
>yaro

I've had good results with the plain old Netgear DG834, the DrayTek
2600 (later models available) and the Cisco 877. You say that you're
not sure about the Cisco syntax, but it's actually straightforward to
set up a simple yet secure system, with specific open ports, NAT etc.
I'd be happy to give you my config if you wanted to go down the Cisco
route.

More expensive than the others, yes, but very very good.


Jim

"Jim" <jim@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:39:08 -0700 (PDT), yaro137
> <yaro137@newsgroup> wrote:
>

>>What ADSL router would you recommend for a small business that's
>>assuming that I do not know the Cisco IOS syntax? I was using lots of
>>Netgear stuff but their recent N series is just not working properly
>>and the previous model is difficult to get. That's the main reason why
>>I'm looking for a replacement. Price range wise it would be best if
>>they were somewhere between 90 and 200 quid as we're talking 3 to 20
>>user businesses. Thanks
>>yaro

>
>
> I've had good results with the plain old Netgear DG834, the DrayTek
> 2600 (later models available) and the Cisco 877. You say that you're
> not sure about the Cisco syntax, but it's actually straightforward to
> set up a simple yet secure system, with specific open ports, NAT etc.
> I'd be happy to give you my config if you wanted to go down the Cisco
> route.
>
> More expensive than the others, yes, but very very good.
>
>
> Jim

It would depend on the Cisco model and IOS if you can share configs. I'm not
sure what IOS is on the 877, for my customer sites, I use the Pix 501, 506
and ASA5505 firewalls. I can say the Pix and ASA have different configs.

If anyone buys a Cisco ASA brand new from a channel partner, and purchase
the 24/7 gold support, Cisco will be more than happy to set the WHOLE thing
up from scratch for you. :-)


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Thanks Jim for that setup. That 877 looks really interesting.
Especially that you can update the IOS to the latest one and you're
actually getting a full cisco IOS with it. Could be a good and not too
expensive way of getting my fingers into cisco devices. I thing I'll
get one for my home network for testing and fiddling with it before I
get confident enough to place one in a business environment. I can see
another vote for DrayTek. They're pretty good indeed. Nice for LAN-to-
LAN connections. Thanks guys
yaro

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:08:46 -0700 (PDT), yaro137
<yaro137@newsgroup> wrote:

>Thanks Jim for that setup. That 877 looks really interesting.
>Especially that you can update the IOS to the latest one and you're
>actually getting a full cisco IOS with it. Could be a good and not too
>expensive way of getting my fingers into cisco devices. I thing I'll
>get one for my home network for testing and fiddling with it before I
>get confident enough to place one in a business environment. I can see
>another vote for DrayTek. They're pretty good indeed. Nice for LAN-to-
>LAN connections. Thanks guys
>yaro

There was actually a couple of minor typos in my config - that'll
teach me to copy-paste whilst sitting at the airport with 5% battery
left :-) But what I posted would be good enough.

I got the Cisco for the same reason - to get to play with Cisco in a
non-critical environment. I'm now comfortable enough to get them for
business use now.


Jim

Has anyone any experience with those Cisco Small Business 100 series
routers?
yaro

How about a Cisco ASA 5505? I've had mine about 2 years and it's
great.

"yaro137" <yaro137@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:6a91b464-4d35-4a84-b0e0-7e6795189f01@newsgroup

> Has anyone any experience with those Cisco Small Business 100 series
> routers?
> yaro

Yaro,

I mentioned that earlier in this thread.

Ace