[AusNOG] Cisco routers on NBN 100/40Mbps connection

[James Jazza]

Yes I agree that small packet size will flood the router - but what about
standard, large 1000 byte packets?

i.e. for a small office with 5-10 staff, will a Cisco 881 be a performance
bottleneck for a 100/40Mbps connection with large file downloads and web
traffic downloads.

When we use a cheap Netgear or Draytek router, a speed test to
www.speedtest.net will show 80-100Mbps speed test result.

Is a Cisco 881 powerful enough to show the same speed test result since we
will be talking about 1400 byte patckets for large transfers?

J.


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 1:10 AM, Nathan Brookfield <
Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:

>  James,
>
>  This would be correct but I don't believe an 1841 is any more capable,
> possibly a 1941 or a 2900 series.
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Nathan Brookfield
>
> Chief Executive Officer
> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
>
>  Web: http://simtronic.com.au
> Phone: 1300 592 330
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>
> On 10 Aug 2014, at 10:55, "James Jazza" <jjazza26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Guys,
>
>  We are hearing reports that Cisco 881 routers are not suitable for NBN
> 100/40Mbps connections, and that we need to use the next model up - a Cisco
> 1841 instead.
>
>  Can anyone comment on this? As the Cisco 881 has 100Mbps internal ports,
> so I would have thought it would be ok.
>
>  Thanks
>
>  James Ashdown
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