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Marc Ballat <marc.ballat@village.uunet.be> wrote:
> Hello,


> I would like to buy me a router but I am confused by the poor
> documentation found on Cisco's site or even provided by their support
> here.

> 1. On Cisco's site (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/rt/800/), the
> 826 is said to have 'One ISDN, one ADSL interface' though their printed
> docs states it is 'one ADSL over ISDN'.  So what is it ?

It is IDSL - DSL over ISDN bearer as opposed to the UK deployed
ADSL which is DSL along with a POTS circuit. 82? routers tend to
be DSL routers which doesn't appear to be what you want.


> 2. In my case, should I buy a 826 or 827 since I have an ISDN line ?

If you want to use it as a DSL router then the 826, if you want
to use it for ISDN dialup then neither, look at an 801 or an 804.

> 3. Flash upgrade : they both come standard with 8 MB flash.  Once again
> the doc on Cisco's site
> (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/827.htm) states that I
> cannot upgrade further if it already has 8 MB...  Does it mean I have to
> remove the existing flash card and put a 16 MB one to reach 16 MB flash
> ?  Isn't it possible then to order it without flash since I can't do
> anything with the original 8 MB if I have to remove it... 

I don't know about this one. I do know that the flash is a slightly
odd Intel variety of module using a flexi contact connector and you
will have to remove it to upgrade it.

As they list a maximum of 20MB flash then that should be installable.

One little thing is that at present no feature set requires more
than 8MB flash so you should be reasonably safe with the base model
at present.


> I am quite lost, are you ;o)

Frequently

Paul
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