[AusNOG] Cisco 887VA vs Cisco 867VAE

[Skeeve Stevens]

I don't think either of these routers have the throughput to handle decent
NBN connections.

Check:
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/routerperformance.pdf

870 series - 12.8Mbps
860 series - 12.8Mbps
880 series - 25.6Mbos
890 series - 51.2Mbos



...Skeeve


--

Skeeve Stevens - The ISP Guy - Internet Provider SME

Email: skeeve at theispguy.com ; Cell: +61(0)414 753 383
Skype: skeeve; Blog: TheISPGuy.com <http://theispguy.com/> ; Facebook:
TheISPGuy <https://www.facebook.com/theispguy>

Linkedin: /in/skeeve <http://www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve> ; Expert360:
Profile <https://expert360.com/profile/d54a9>


On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Radek Tkaczyk <radek at tkaczyk.id.au> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
>
>
> For those that use Cisco CPE routers, I’d like to get some opinions on
> these two models of routers, Cisco 887VA and Cisco 867VA.
>
>
>
> We have always used the Cisco 887VA for ADSL2+ connections for our
> business clients (those that won’t pay from proper Ethernet over Copper,
> and a Cisco 881), but with the NBN FTTN now coming up, we are re-examining
> our preferred choice of routers.
>
>
>
> Both support VDSL2, so no problem there for NBN FTTN compatibility
> (hopefully), but the Cisco 867VA has the added benefit of having BOTH VDSL2
> WAN and gig WAN (Cisco 887VA only has a single VDSL WAN port). The Cisco
> 867VAE also has an additional gig LAN port, as well as the standard 4 x
> 100Mbps LAN ports.
>
>
>
> I have always thought that the 867VAE was a cheap alternative to the
> “proper” Cisco 887VA,and we always used the Cisco 887VA so that we had the
> best option available, but am interested to hear what other people’s
> thoughts are here. Especially considering that the Cisco 867VAE is cheaper
> than the Cisco 887VA (not by much though)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Radek Tkaczyk
>
> Ph: 0413 383 231
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AusNOG mailing list
> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/attachments/20151102/733b2609/attachment.html>