cisco for a home network

[pravingohil7646]

I'm wondering if it is worth it to use a cisco router for a home network, I am looking for a model who has at least 3 years of support (software), Do you have any advice or model to start, also, if u know another model who has support and are based on a beefy OS I'll appreciate your comments

[Martin L]

what is purpose of a home router? for studying CCNA, etc ?  Real Cisco router with 3 years of support will be very expensive (device + 3-year contract).  I would look for used routers on ebay; those are really cheap and still work fine for home routing and studying purpose.  long time I got two used 2800s router with IOS 15 for my Voice studies; used them for about 1 year and they were fine and probably still work (I switched to virtual lab software).  Both used 2800s and 2900s are out of sofware support; meaning I don't think u can buy software support; if they break, just get another one.  

 Regards, ML
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[bo chen]

You can try ASA5505 + SG90D-08 to deploy your home network.If you have a significant budget, you can also try Meraki.

I hope my answer can help you.

[srimal99]

@pravingohil7646  if your intentions are for cisco education you can use CML version and its free upto 5 devices. Personally I would choose open source devices (routers, firewall and Wifi Ap) You can look online and plenty of documents. If you are interested in CML I have attached the link for CML below.

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/modeling-labs/cml-free/#cisco-modeling-labs---free
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