Cisco 871 or 877

I'm looking into upgrading my connection-dropping, locking up SMC
Barricade SMC7004VBR to a Cisco router but I'm confused between the
Cisco 871 (CISCO871/K9) vs 877 (CISCO877/K9). My ISP has supplied a
DSL modem so I wouldn't think that I would need the aDSL port of the
877 but my current router is supplying the PPPoE authentication for
our DSL connection. I think I remember setting up the DSL modem as a
bridge but I can't remember now...

My question is do I need the 871 or the 877? Or could I purchase
either one and config my DSL modem accordingly?

-Scott

RymCo wrote:
> I'm looking into upgrading my connection-dropping, locking up SMC
> Barricade SMC7004VBR to a Cisco router but I'm confused between the
> Cisco 871 (CISCO871/K9) vs 877 (CISCO877/K9). My ISP has supplied a
> DSL modem so I wouldn't think that I would need the aDSL port of the
> 877 but my current router is supplying the PPPoE authentication for
> our DSL connection. I think I remember setting up the DSL modem as a
> bridge but I can't remember now...
>
> My question is do I need the 871 or the 877? Or could I purchase
> either one and config my DSL modem accordingly?
>
> -Scott
>

851 is probably overkill unless you have more than 15 heavy users and 5
active VPN tunnels at the same time. The 851 can be programmed for
PPPoE authenticaion.

A used 831 for $100 on eBay is probably a better deal. Its configured
with an ethernet port and can be programmed for PPPoE authenticaion.

Cisco SOHO 91 might be a consideration if you don't need all the heavy
bells and whistles. And it can be programmed for PPPoE authenticaion.

Thanks for the reply... so I can buy the Ethernet version and still
supply the PPPoE authentication for the DSL connection.. great!
I'll look into the other options you suggested... thanks for the help
-Scott

>
> 851 is probably overkill unless you have more than 15 heavy users and 5
> active VPN tunnels at the same time. The 851 can be programmed for
> PPPoE authenticaion.
>
> A used 831 for $100 on eBay is probably a better deal. Its configured
> with an ethernet port and can be programmed for PPPoE authenticaion.
>
> Cisco SOHO 91 might be a consideration if you don't need all the heavy
> bells and whistles. And it can be programmed for PPPoE authenticaion.