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Help/Advice Needed

  • 29-11-2010 01:08PM
    #1
    craigmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭


    I am the manager of a primary school and I need some help/advice.

    We have just replaced the Digiweb schools satellite boradband scheme (too slow) with a 3 national broadband satellite scheme system. All is up and running in terms of broadband at a much better speed.

    Here is where I need some advice. The existing system had a satellite modem and a Cisco 800 Series (Model 871) router + 4 port switch. The router then connected to the rest of the school network.

    I tried to connect the new satellite modem into the Cisco router but I think it is configured to only work with the schools system/modem.

    1) Can the Cisco router be re-configured to work with the new modem - I don't have passwords etc...

    2) Advice on where to get another Cisco 800 Series (Model 871) router at a reasonable cost...

    3) What equivalent model/make could I use to replace it. Adding wireless capabilities would be nice too.

    About 20 computers take their internet feed from the network which connects into this router.

    Thanks in advance - Craig
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  • #2
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    craigmcc wrote: »
    1) Can the Cisco router be re-configured to work with the new modem - I don't have passwords etc...

    You should be able to reset the router to factory defaults using the reset button if pressed within 5 seconds of router power up.

    2) Advice on where to get another Cisco 800 Series (M
    model 871) router at a reasonable cost...

    There's no such things as a Cisco router at a reasonable cost ;)

    3) What equivalent model/make could I use to replace it. Adding wireless capabilities would be nice too.

    Any normal (i.e. ethernet WAN port) wireless router will do the job absolutely fine.


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