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I have a feeling this will probably be more of a comparison of apples to oranges (and also a heavy dose of ignorance on my part despite searching the forum); but is there any disadvantages to running a consumer adsl router as opposed to a small business internet router on a home network?
I ask because I'm in the process of consolidating my systems and home rack and am wondering if it's worth the investment of something along the lines of a Cisco 887VA (which I assume on reading specs can just plug direct to the phone socket and not need a separate modem) to replace the current TP-Link N600 adsl router.
Obviously I can put the N600 on a 1u shelf and it'll just work and do it's thing (all connected devices on the LAN being managed by the 24 port smart switch prior; side note: I don't have plans on upgrading to things like BT infinity, however number of devices requiring internet access could be up to 4-6 at any one time with room for expansion), but if the gains of getting something beefier like a Cisco solution outweigh this then would consider looking into that as a more long term solution.
End of the day I'd rather ask than buy kit I don't really need based on my own uneducated assumptions.
I ask because I'm in the process of consolidating my systems and home rack and am wondering if it's worth the investment of something along the lines of a Cisco 887VA (which I assume on reading specs can just plug direct to the phone socket and not need a separate modem) to replace the current TP-Link N600 adsl router.
Obviously I can put the N600 on a 1u shelf and it'll just work and do it's thing (all connected devices on the LAN being managed by the 24 port smart switch prior; side note: I don't have plans on upgrading to things like BT infinity, however number of devices requiring internet access could be up to 4-6 at any one time with room for expansion), but if the gains of getting something beefier like a Cisco solution outweigh this then would consider looking into that as a more long term solution.
End of the day I'd rather ask than buy kit I don't really need based on my own uneducated assumptions.
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