[asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

[Ed Rubright - mail lists]

Mark Coccimiglio wrote:
> Marty,
>    Where are you paying $1000 for a 1600 series Cisco?  I can get you 
> 20% off that price on any quantity (note: Sarcasam).  Its not the 
> 1990's anymore.  You can get them on eBay ($50-150) for only slightly 
> more then the Linksys.  The performance is rock solid.  Three-quarters 
> of the world have used them for decades.  I know of units running 2 
> and 3 YEARS between reboots.  The power company reboots my equipment 
> more then I do.  Ok it is true that Cisco does not support the models 
> anymore, but you can't buy a services contract for a linksys router 
> either.  It can sometimes be a little difficult to configure without 
> any technical knowledge but that is what most of us get paid for.  It 
> does impress the customer when you bring in the "grey" box labled 
> "Cisco".  As for performance just try to put 50 people behind a 
> linksys/netgear/dlink.  I've used 1605R supporting +100 users.  Not 
> even a blink.  Finally, untill everyone is using >10Mps FTTH the 
> "broad band" link is still the slowest part of the connection.  Not to 
> shabby for "antiquated" technology.
>
> Mark C
>
> Martin Joseph wrote:
>
>> On 2007-01-06 00:48:11 -0800, Mark Coccimiglio <n3whx at amsat.org> said:
>>
>>> Mike
>>> I'm using a Cisco 1605R [running IOS 12.3(5a)] small office router 
>>> with "Fair-Weight" queueing enabled.  Works great.  The nice thing 
>>> about Fair-Weight queueing is that it dynamically adapts to lower 
>>> the priority of higher demand traffic (e.g. large downloads).  If 
>>> you want quality stick with quality stuff.
>>>
>>> Mark C
>>
>>
>> Reread the subject line please.  $1000 (US) isn't inexpensive by any 
>> stretch.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>>
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Mark,

Do these 1600 series Cisco routers you mention that you find on eBay for 
$50-$150 support Layer3 routing?  I have a managed switch setup on my 
home network with several VLANs defined. (work subnet, home subnet, VOIP 
subnet)   I currently have to use a Linux box to route between the 
VLANs.  I'd like to move to Gigabit routing, but I'd need to replace the 
Linux box(more processor power and new NICs) and that gets expensive.

I'd much rather have a router or smart switch for that matter that does 
Gigabit Layer3 routing all in one unit. 

Do you have any recommendations....that wouldn't break the bank?

Thanks,
Ed