CISCO887VG-K9

CISCO887VG-K9 is an enterprise Cisco router: cisco 887V VDSL2 Sec Router w/ 3G B/U.

It includes 3G cellular connectivity, used either as a primary link where fixed lines are impractical or as backup when the main circuit fails. Two practical points: the data plan usually dominates the cost rather than the hardware, and cellular failover needs testing deliberately, because a backup link nobody has tried is a backup link nobody knows works.

It terminates VDSL directly, which saves a separate modem. The thing to check is the line: copper broadband is being switched off progressively across the UK and Europe, so for a new installation it is worth confirming the circuit will outlive the equipment.

Three questions worth answering before any router purchase, whatever the model. What the throughput requirement actually is with your feature set enabled, rather than the datasheet figure measured without it. Whether the features you need are licensed as well as present, since on most platforms security and performance are separate entitlements. And how many slots or ports you will need in three years, because adding capacity is cheap and replacing a chassis is not.

Tell us what the router has to do, the circuits it has to terminate, the throughput you are designing to and whether you need the security features licensed. We would rather size it from the requirement than from a part number, because the two commonest mistakes on a router purchase are buying throughput that turns out to need a licence and buying a chassis with no slots left.

Green Code Technologies is a supplier of Cisco, and we supply Huawei and Juniper networking alongside HPE, Dell, Samsung, Netgear, Ubiquiti and Asus. We would rather tell you a part is no longer supported, or that we need to check it, than take an order for something that will not do what you need.