[c-nsp] Small, Low Power Cisco Router Recommendation

[Rusty Dekema]

I ended up ordering a c2621 from the 'bay for the faster application, and
scrounged a free c2514* from a friend for the slower one. Thank you,
Walter, for the 2610 series recommendation, and thanks to the rest of you
for your numerous good alternative suggestions.

*I found it interesting that you need an early 12.2(T) or a much later 12.2
or 12.3 IOS for this router in order to configure an Ethernet interface as
a DHCP client. I guess in those days, there was very little reason you
would ever do that on a router; especially one this expensive.

Thanks again,
Rusty D


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Rusty Dekema <rdekema at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good evening,
>
> This question is a bit far afield for this list, but I need a reliable,
> quiet-or-silent, low-power-consumption Cisco router with two 10 or 10/100
> Ethernet ports. All they need to do is do a default route with NAT between
> the Ethernet interfaces. One of them will only have to handle 1 mbit (max)
> of traffic; the other could receive traffic bursts up to 30 mbit, although
> it would still be acceptable if it can only push 10-15mbit.
>
> Low cost, quiet/silent operation, and low power consumption are the
> primary requirements here. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Rusty D
>