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Overview

The Cisco soho aDSL routers are commonly refered to as the Cisco827 by the CiscoNuts?, but there is an expanding range of the 800 series aDSL routers.

  • Cisco 827

    • 1x aDSL Port
    • 1x 10 Mbps Ethernet Port
  • Cisco 827H

    • 1x aDSL Port
    • 4x 10 Mbps Ethernet Ports comprising of a 4 port hub (seen as 1 router interface (Interface Ethernet 0))
  • Cisco 827-4V

    • 1x aDSL Port
    • 1x 10 Mbps Ethernet Port
    • 4x FXS Analog voice ports so you can do VoIP and see if Telecom really garrantees their QoS.
  • Cisco 837

    • 1x aDSL Port
    • 4x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports comprising of a 4 port switch (seen as 1 router interface (Interface !FastEthernet? 0))

There is also the SOHO77 and SOHO97 routers which aren't available in New Zealand that I know of.
The Cisco 827H is the same price as the Cisco 827.

Also in the same range of routers, are the broadband ethernet routers if you wish to have a wireless connection from Satlan, Net4U, or whoever. They are exactly the same except they have an ethernet port in place of the aDSL port along with the appropiate chip set and features

  • Cisco 806

    • Same as the 827H except for the aDSL port now becoming an ethernet port
  • Cisco 831

    • Same as the 827H except for the aDSL port now becoming an ethernet port

IOS Versions.

In New Zealand, all the Cisco 800 series broadband and aDSL routers comes with two IOS feature sets.

  • Comes standard with IP Firewall
  • Can be upgraded to IPSec (DES and 3DES)

GRE Tunneling

GRE Tunneling can be done using the standard shipped IOS, however, if you wish to encrypt the GRE tunnel, then you will need to upgrade the IOS to IPSec feature set to use the DES or 3DES encryption.


Features

As with all Cisco gear, you pay more than you would for something from DickSmith that is going to get you a connection to an aDSL network, but you get what you pay for.

  • Cisco IP Firewall Feature set
  • Optional VPN encryption software
  • A real router (Not a modem trying to be a router)
  • Connects to MetaNet