Re: Home Environment Cisco

[Paul Robertson <proberts () patriot net>]

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Nathan wrote:

> List members,
>
> I seek your advice regarding which Cisco router to choose, if any. I know
> this is a firewall list, but many of you have experience with Cisco
> products. So here goes...I was talking with my dad and he wants me to set up
> a network for him at home. I have networking experience, just not with any
> cisco products. I recommended he get just a 50 dollar router from Bestbuy or
> something but his company is going to give him a lot of money to subsidise
> his working from home and he wants something expensive, I think just to
> spend their money but who cares. I see this as an opportunity to learn cisco
> and help my dad. He has a Solaris ultra 60, and two win98 workstations at
> home he wants to be able to communicate, as well as have access to the
> internet (NAT). I can worry about the details of the internal network, so my
> question is, which cisco router should I get for this purpose. I really know
> nothing about Cisco, and don't feel like searching through all the different
> models and prices if someone know the "base" cisco router. Any suggestions
> would be nice, I can do the homework from there, I just need some model
> numbers to look at.

Anything that'll do VoIP would be my choice, if it's got modules, then you 
can pick interfaces.  Cisco's site is one of the better ones out there, 
and it's worth spending some time on.  

Paul
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