£800 router

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:08

Bought an integrated service router from cisco as i wanted a gd firwall and to use my vpn better.
So far i have logged into the access point and stuck a bit
Someone guide me pls.

Caged · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:12

If you don't have a desire to learn how IOS works then try and return it or sell it on. It seems like you took the decision pretty lightly, but I don't know why you'd spend £800 on something that you had no idea how to use :confused:

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extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:15

Who said i dont have the desire, i just need a step up thats all.

Caged · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:17

Well for a start you're going to have to give people more information than that. What have you bought? What interfaces do you want to use? What IP ranges do you want to use?

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:19

Oh yh if you help me sort this networking dillema out ill pay you, ill pm you

Caged · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:20

I'm not a Cisco guy, but there's people here who are.

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:21

Yh i would appreciate any cisco help

asim18 · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:33

You're not being specific enough. Though I'm not Cisco certified so not sure if that's normal.

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:38

whoever here is cisco trained pls pm me

Stelly · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:38

I wouldn't go any further without learning iOS first...

Stelly

Caged · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:40

Honestly if you want to pay someone else to do this for you then you're going to take the total cost of this router to a grand plus. If you just want a decent firewall and VPN then there's much cheaper and more user-friendly ways to do it.

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:43

With guidance I want to configure it, i am a quick learner so i dont mind being tutorialed.

V-Spec · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:47

Drop me an email in trust - i'll have a look when I get home and I've had my tea if you like, no payments required,

asim18 · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:50

Exactly which model did you get? and is it for home or office use? Just curious.

I'm guessing 1941W.

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:51

home use

TheKnat · 26 Nov 2013 at 17:19

What model number did you buy? If you start with this, then we can start providing some help.

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 17:26

if u can help, can i drop u an email like v spec?

bledd · 26 Nov 2013 at 17:29

lol, 17 posts and still no idea what router model it is

TheKnat · 26 Nov 2013 at 17:32

Sure if you would like, but it might help others as well if we keep stuff up on the forum as well

As a start, this guy does some free courses on Youtube which are meant to be good:

Cicso CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) 1 - Fundamentals

Cisco CCNA 2 Routing

extrememachine · 26 Nov 2013 at 17:56