GEEK ALERT -- Any Network Engineers CCNA's on the board
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Smiley
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Hi, thanks for the reply..
The broadband connection is 20/3 and looking at the specs on the 2524 it doesn't seem like it will work. It has the DSU/CSU FT1/T1 card in it.
The deal is good (almost free for both of them), and this is for a Small Business setup with under 20 PCs.
vegasnitro
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How in the heck did I miss this thread? I mean this is what I do.
The 2524 is designed as a T1/ISDN router (also known as a serial router) ... you would not be able to use that in conjunction with the cablemodem.
The 2950 is an entry level switch that is very flexible and can be used in most any application. You could use the cablemodem with this switch no problem. You could configure one port as a trunk port for the cablemodem/or another router and then hook up multiple computers to the other interfaces (as long as you have some way to get multiple IPs, either another router or directly from your ISP, most cable providers only give 1 IP via DHCP with their service).
I would snag the 2950 and pick up a cheap router (Linksys or the like).
Chris
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The 2524 is designed as a T1/ISDN router (also known as a serial router) ... you would not be able to use that in conjunction with the cablemodem.
The 2950 is an entry level switch that is very flexible and can be used in most any application. You could use the cablemodem with this switch no problem. You could configure one port as a trunk port for the cablemodem/or another router and then hook up multiple computers to the other interfaces (as long as you have some way to get multiple IPs, either another router or directly from your ISP, most cable providers only give 1 IP via DHCP with their service).
I would snag the 2950 and pick up a cheap router (Linksys or the like).
Chris
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Smiley
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Chris-
Thanks for your input. I did grab the 2950 and have it running of my WRT54G as we speak. I found a nice spreadsheet online to help with configuration script.
This should work for now - it's actually for my mother-in-laws business, however I think I'm going to have her spring for a 1600 or 1700 series router at some point because I want to set up a wireless guest VLAN for their clients.
Thanks for your input. I did grab the 2950 and have it running of my WRT54G as we speak. I found a nice spreadsheet online to help with configuration script.
This should work for now - it's actually for my mother-in-laws business, however I think I'm going to have her spring for a 1600 or 1700 series router at some point because I want to set up a wireless guest VLAN for their clients.
