number of users supported on 871

[aminneker]

I see that the maximum number of users supported on the 871 is 20. Is that specific to user’s that are allowed through the firewall? Is that a “hard” limit, or just the maximum “recommended” users? I’d like to use the 871 as a cheap LAN-TO-LAN VPN backup device (I am currently using the 831 which works perfectly). I wouldn’t be using any of the firewall features, and will only be using the e0 (inside) interface, so data wouldn’t be traveling between interfaces. My worry is that I may have more then 20 users at some of these sites. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy

[lisa.hall]

The maximum number of users supported in 871 is 20. There is no option to support additional users.

[aminneker]

I was able to confirm that the 20 user limit will be enforced by MAC address.

[ertrqueen]

It appears at one time Cisco may have placed hardware limits on the # of users in the 18xx/87x/85x routers, but that is no longer the case. The user limits are merely recommendations, and are not enforced by any means. I just confirmed this via a TAC case.