Home router Cisco 867VAE slower that standard router on WAN any ideas ??

[Lewis Goulden]

Hello,

I have a Cisco 867VAE connected via poe to plusnet fiberoptic broadband.

So the router operates fine; howver i noticed that my speed was not the 60MB i should be getting.

So i pluged my laptop in direct to the POE interface and straight away i got the 60MB.

I then pluged in the plusnet provided router and again i got the correct speed.

Anything i could disable or check on this Cisco router ?

kind regards

[Seb Rupik]

Hi Lewis,

Can you post your config?

Also, have a read though this thread:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/4029094

...it's been a while since I used a Cisco SOHO router, but if your symptoms are similar to those highlighted in the above thread, then the 800 series routers really do have poor inter-vlan routing!

cheers,

Seb.

[Lewis Goulden]

i will post the config when i get home.

[paolo bevilacqua]

867 is very wrong for for fiber service. First, it has not enough performances. Second, it is made for DSL not Ethernet. So you will need to use somethign else.

[Lewis Goulden]

what router would you recomend for this ?
I dont really care for price but smaller sizes are better.

[Seb Rupik]

A 2901 ISR is a 1U device that would provide the throughput you require. But the noise it generates will be significantly more than your 867!

[paolo bevilacqua · Accepted solution]

Check attached document.

[Lewis Goulden]

i've actually gone for a asa5505..

Mainly because i had one lying about.

I am however having problems with portforwarding.

ive open the following regarding that...

https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/4050240#4050240

[Xividar]

Guys,

Are we saying the 867VAE is not suitable for high speed ADSL/VDSL? I use VDSL 40 down 5 up. Is this router going to be able to handle? If not, why did Cisco release a VDSL capable router that can't reach such speeds?

Cheers,

M