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    Hi John,<br>
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    'K9' refers to the software image having encryption included. It
    does indicate any hardware difference.<br>
    <br>
    Mike<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/11/15 12:35, John Edwards wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">The 867VAE is fine for 100mbps NBN connections.
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        <div>On VDSL2 connections in ideal conditions, it is good for
          ~97M sync speed with ~82M of download throughput using
          NAT/ACLs/PPP. NAT barely makes a difference.</div>
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        <div>The "K9" model has some more CPU power than the not-K9
          model, this is possibly why you'll see conflicting test
          results.</div>
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        <div>The other cool thing the 867VAE can do is boot a config
          from USB. This gives you an option to provide a "rescue disk"
          for end users if they or their local IT guy go too far with
          their config experiments.</div>
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        <div>John</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 2 November 2015 at 23:58, Skeeve
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            <div dir="ltr">Ruben,
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              <div>Excellent details... but still... the throughput
                still isn't very capable.</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 9:57 PM,
                  Reuben Farrelly <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                    .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That
                    document was last updated in 2009 and most things on
                    it are now EoL and/or obsoleted. For example the 860
                    on that document is the old original model that IIRC
                    is end of life, not the much newer 867VAE, so the
                    figures don't apply. Ditto for the 880s -
                    superseeded by the 880VA's.<br>
                    <br>
                    My real world testing on an 867VAE indicates that
                    50Mbit/sec is probably closer to the limit before
                    the CPU starts to eat dirt. That's with NAT but no
                    ACLs and definitely no ZBFW.  A 100M NBN service
                    would definitely be beyond one of these units.<br>
                    <br>
                    Smartnet on them is around $40/year.<br>
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                    I have run into one problem with the 867VAE though.
                    I have one deployed in NZ and the DSL trainup time
                    varies between 2 mins and about an hour. I raised a
                    TAC case on it, Cisco have told me in writing more
                    than once that the firmware on that platform is very
                    very ancient and cannot be upgraded (even though
                    there is a download of Broadcom firmware for it on
                    CCO which strongly suggests that it can be
                    upgraded). They suggested that a fix for the issue
                    was to upgrade to the 880VA, or to get the carrier
                    (Chorus) to tweak DSLAM settings to drop the
                    interleave delay. Neither were palatable options on
                    what was a new install.<br>
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                    On another one that was installed on a long line in
                    Campbelltown NSW it performed very well until the
                    NBN was delivered a couple of months ago.  Now it
                    drives a 25M NBN service easily and the upgrade from
                    ADSL to NBN was done without a new router.<br>
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                    However despite these experiences, overall I would
                    say that they are great for functionality and great
                    value for the price.<br>
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                      On 2/11/2015 9:35 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:<br>
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                        I don't think either of these routers have the
                        throughput to handle<br>
                        decent NBN connections.<br>
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                        Check:<br>
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                        870 series - 12.8Mbps<br>
                        860 series - 12.8Mbps<br>
                        880 series - 25.6Mbos<br>
                        890 series - 51.2Mbos<br>
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                        ...Skeeve<br>
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                        On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Radek Tkaczyk
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                          Hi Guys,____<br>
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                          __ __<span class=""><br>
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                            For those that use Cisco CPE routers, I’d
                        like to get some opinions<br>
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                          on these two models of routers, Cisco 887VA
                      and Cisco 867VA.____<br>
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                          __ __<span class=""><br>
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                            We have always used the Cisco 887VA for
                        ADSL2+ connections for our<br>
                            business clients (those that won’t pay from
                        proper Ethernet over<br>
                            Copper, and a Cisco 881), but with the NBN
                        FTTN now coming up, we<br>
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                          are re-examining our preferred choice of
                      routers.____<br>
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                            Both support VDSL2, so no problem there for
                        NBN FTTN compatibility<br>
                            (hopefully), but the Cisco 867VA has the
                        added benefit of having<br>
                            BOTH VDSL2 WAN and gig WAN (Cisco 887VA only
                        has a single VDSL WAN<br>
                            port). The Cisco 867VAE also has an
                        additional gig LAN port, as well<br>
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                          as the standard 4 x 100Mbps LAN ports.____<br>
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                            I have always thought that the 867VAE was a
                        cheap alternative to the<br>
                            “proper” Cisco 887VA,and we always used the
                        Cisco 887VA so that we<br>
                            had the best option available, but am
                        interested to hear what other<br>
                            people’s thoughts are here. Especially
                        considering that the Cisco<br>
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                          867VAE is cheaper than the Cisco 887VA (not by
                      much though)____<br>
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                          __ __<br>
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                          Regards,____<br>
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                          Radek Tkaczyk____<br>
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                          Ph: 0413 383 231____<br>
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