Poor Documentation, Beaucratic Support, Poor Quality of Service Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Compared to routers which are hundreds of dollars cheaper, none.
Cons: Wireless interface awful, device drops constantly, poor support.
Other Thoughts: Purchased the device hoping that the Cisco expertise would end any issues we had with our small office network. This router comes with a blatantly incomplete graphical i...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by James can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 2.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | James | | Review Date: | 02/19/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
10% (1 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Web Interface written by Monkey Thank any god you like that Cisco eventually purchased Linksys. Linksys knows how to create a usuable interface. Cisco makes quality hardware... Marry the two and you should get a really great kid... the 871W is a solid WAP with some truly nice features... that's impossible to configure unless you have a freaking degree in Cisco. A drunk, blind, retarded monkey could have written a better Web interface for configuring the wireless side of things. I've never used such a worthless interface in my ...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/25/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
7% (1 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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871w, Best SOHO Router Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Great VPN functionality that actually works. The router is extremely reliable. My uptime frequently exceeds 1 month! Makes for a very secure firewall. Great WAN to LAN throughput. QoS for both WAN and LAN for an extra speed boost. Very strong wireless signal with great security features. The quality is also good. Has all the options a home, office, or small business could possibly need. And...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by DasGeek can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | DasGeek | | Review Date: | 10/27/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
80% (4 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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You can't go wrong with this router Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: I have had this router for 7 months now without a single crash. You can't go wrong with any of the Cisco products.
Cons: It's a little bit pricey for small business/home users. But you will get what you pay for.
Other Thoughts: The only thing that you don't get when you purchase this product is the smartnet. Smartnet is required if you would like...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by Ryan can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Ryan | | Review Date: | 09/16/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Top of the Line SOHO Wireless Broadband Router Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: amazing quality, unlimited feature set due to use of IOS, enterprise-class firmware
Cons: unless you have a Cisco support contract, you won't get any IOS upgrades, though IOS is solid; SDM GUI isn't intuitive, easier to use cmd-line
Other Thoughts: To effectively use this router, the owner will nee...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by Chris can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Chris | | Review Date: | 10/15/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Not for the average untrained home user Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: This item has been great for me. Ive had it for almost 5 years. Folks please note that you cant jump from a common linksys router to one of these without a lil cisco training . Its a good item for those doing cisco certification training via command line.
Cons: non whatsoever
Other Thoughts: i'm a cisco admin...this aint no toy for ya newbies...read up ccna ...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by rene can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | rene | | Review Date: | 06/10/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
50% (2 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good, not great Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: First off, you must know what you're doing to configure this...
Solid product which never crashes. Cisco IOS has more features than you could ever ask for. Wireless never goes down or drops, and that is with only one antenna connected.
Cons: Cisco has not released an update to support WPA2 encryption, and they probably will not. The wireless is setup as an access point attac...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by Alan can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Alan | | Review Date: | 07/14/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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An excellent router for the home power user Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: An excellent router. Infinite configurations, never crashes, and runs on the same IOS software that runs most of the internet for a fraction of the cost.
Cons: You can only get IOS updates for one year without buying a service contract. Not easy to use if you aren't familiar with advanced networking and Cisco CLI.
Other Thoughts: A great router for a home power ...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by Eric B can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Eric B | | Review Date: | 08/05/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
50% (1 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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. Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Its more secure then your normal home wireless router. You can subnet and make ACL. Great for a small business. The GUI was a nice change from the CLI I'm use to.
Cons: Not for the avenge person. My power supply died on me after about a week of using it. Wasn't fun finding a replacement power supply. Didn't come with a manual and what I could find online didn't help me at a...
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by GODDLY can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | GODDLY | | Review Date: | 02/04/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Cisco 871 Tech Level: low
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Cisco's IOS
Cons: Cisco's price
Other Thoughts: It's cisco, what else needs to be said?
[Cisco CISCO871W-G-A-K9 871 Ethernet to Ethernet Wireless Router US review by 220 can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | 220 | | Review Date: | 09/29/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
16% (1 of 6) Users Found This Review Helpful |