yep. you guys are absolutely correct. For inter-network transfers, it would be a bottle neck. however, connecting it to dsl/cable would be just fine. i'm glad you guys talked some sense into me. i'm going to get just a regular 2611. just to start.
however, i'm going to save for a 2611xm for a...
well, i was about to buy a 2507 router. but i don't think i could actually use that for my test production network. instead, i'm now shopping for a 2611, preferrably 2611xm. so, what was on your mind? any suggestions?
Nevermind. I read up on it and yeah, the XM is 10/100mbit. But thank you anyway! Greatly appreciate the insight. I will try it. the 2611XM's seem to be goign for about twice as much as the 2611. :( I really wanted to use it for my home network as well as learn the insides and outs.
So this would assume that I have a router that has TWO ethernet ports, eg, the 2611 or 2621 series routers? I noticed this after reading some more after I had posted. It didn't occur to me that certain models came dual ports (e0 & e1) even though we have them at work. Haha. Thanks!
Hi Scott,
I just posted a thread awhile ago in regards to connecting a cisco router to a cable modem. Since you've already done it, I assume that you will know the answer to my question. Hopefully you can help out. I'm starting on my CCNA and thought it'd be best to learn this at home because...
Hi. Sorry for being the newb. I've done a bit of reading and couldn't find an answer. I don't have enough experience with the hardware to determine what I need in order to set this up.
At work, I've only programmed a few routers but don't understand much about the hardware (eg, the cards that...
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