SOHO Cisco Router?

[keithhampshire]

Looking for a SOHO Cisco Router that I can use at home that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? I want to not only use it as my main gateway, but I also want to use it for learning all the cli commands w/ Cisco IOS.

Cisco makes so any routers it's hard to pick. If I could, I'd like it to be some what up-to-date and wireless. 

Thanks,

[Muhammad Awais Khan]

Hi,

For SoHo requirements, Cisco recently release 900 Series Routers.  ISR 921 is the smallest we have from this series. It does not have WLAN option though. Have look on all the available models Cisco have:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/index.html#~benefits

Cisco 800 Series Routers are End of Life but still available as refurbished unit with support. Have a look on below. Cisco 881W do have embedded WLAN.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/887-integrated-services-router-isr/data_sheet_c78_459542.html?cachemode=refresh

I will recommended to go with 800 series if you need Router with WLAN and CLI Access but if you need Router for practice only then there are lot of tools available which you can utilize starting from packet tracer, GNS3.