Whats with CISCO routers?

[steves85]

Why are they mentioned so much, what do they do different to other routers, and why is there a course on them?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Because they are currently the best thing going. Tons of features, great support, and a hefty price tag. Basically used for business level routing, NOT for home use.

 

[steves85]

Ah i see. Sorry that i put it in the wrong section, i didnt see this one. How big a business would you use one? 10, 20 pc's?? or more?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

How big a business depends entirely on you. I personally wouldn't bother with any less than ~50 PCs I guess

 

[steves85]

LOL. Wow, so in my future computer business i probably wont need to install any if im doing small business and residential?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Well as I said, it's not dependent on the number of workstations you'll have. However, if you're just setting up small business networks then I doubt you'd need it. Other less expensive routers would do just fine.

 

[NoNameNY]

Cisco are THE enterprise company for networking. They make everything from routers, switches, wireless access points, etc. They also own Linksys

 

[markpelly]

yea i was gonna say you might have confused him. There are many Linksys routers out there that are inexpensive, and they are indeed owned my Cisco. Cisco is a very big company and has alot of branches of technology. If you have a small business with many computers i would suggest a inexpensive Linksys wireless router..or if there is going to be more than 6-8 computers setup with a wired conntection i would go with a decent switch or upgrade to a fast-ethernet switch.

 

[NoNameNY]

Indeed, Linksys makes so very nice SMB equipment and are usually very reliable

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Yes Linksys is a division of Cisco. But a 'Linksys' router isn't a 'Cisco' router
OP wasn't asking about which companies owned which other companies, he was asking specifically about cisco rotuers