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
> -----Original
Message-----> From: Mike Sholar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 5:29 AM
> To: Group Study
> 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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