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Cisco 1601R fast enough for 4mb dsl?

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greif1

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Sep 26, 2005
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I am switching from a T-1 to 4 mb DL/760k UL dsl and think that the serial connection to the existing Cisco 1601R may have a 2mbs limit,and the speed limit of the Cisco is unknown.
1) What is the speed limit.
2) If below the 4mbs dsl speed, what is my lowest cost Cisco to do the job?
 
Not sure exactly but I would be pretty suprised if it was so limited! What makes you think that?

If a cheapo Belkin router can take high speeds I would have thought a Cisco would.

Is it for a home or office connection?

What is connected to the cisco router at the moment (this is for general interest, not necessarily relevant)....cable modem or?

'When all else fails.......read the manual'
 
RE: Cisco 1601R
I found a reference that this router was recommended up to ~2mbps, and another ref that the serial connection was good to 2mb (but neither one I would call a spec).
Right now it is handling 512K of a T-1.
Hey, the manual... I found this on Cisco site finally:

"The serial WAN port on the Cisco 1601 R router supports asynchronous serial connections of up to 115.2 kbps and synchronous serial connections—such as Frame Relay, leased lines, Switched 56, Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS), and X.25—of up to 2.048 Mbps. The Cisco 1602 R router integrates a 56-kbps four-wire DSU/CSU, and it supports the same synchronous serial connections as the Cisco 1601 R router (except SMDS). The ISDN BRI port on the Cisco 1603 R router has an S/T interface, while the Cisco 1604 R includes an integrated NT1 with a U interface. The Cisco 1605 R router provides a 10BaseT and an AUI port on the first Ethernet interface and a 10BaseT port on the second Ethernet interface."

Which seems to mean that the Serial port (which I have on the 1601r is only good to 2mbps. Would the 1605r with 10baseT in and out be a good choice for me? (from DSL modem to 3com Vlan switch)
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