06-12-2008 09:10 PM - edited 03-03-2019 10:20 PM
I want to get a router for my house. a cisco router im currently using a smothwall router with a d-link n wireless router acting as an access point. I want to do something like this:
Cisco Router -- Smoothwall firewall -- D-link N Router as an AP
I retenlly purchased a 2620XM router and i want to know if this is a good router to do what i want to do... thanks =)
PST: the reason why i want to use cisco in my house is to learn a bit more of it, im currently studing for CCNA
06-12-2008 09:42 PM
Hi,
I don't feel there will be an issue if the newly purchased Cisco 2620 router has a DSL Wic in it. I guess you can very well go with your design.
Regards
Rajesh
06-12-2008 09:44 PM
You can use the setup you suggested, bare in mind however that there are a few things that make using a cisco router on a home network somewhat tedious.
No UPNP support and somewhat complicated to forward a range of ports make it a bit of a pain if you're using it with things like an xbox or playstation (or bittorrent and the like)
I have two internet connections at home and use a 1800 series router for one of them for educating myself, port forwarding is the main issue I have. It's also considerably quicker than the router it replaced...
I'm not totally familar with the XM series 2600 but don't forget that IOS has it's own firewall as well.
06-13-2008 08:22 AM
is it worth to put a cisco router in your house?? i have few consoles ps3 xbox360 and wii also i have two servers, providing mail, ftp, domain, etc services
06-13-2008 12:04 PM
bump!!!!
06-13-2008 05:54 PM
if you can be bothered dealing with the port forwarding then yes it's pretty good
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