Cisco 857W with FTTC

Does anybody know if a Cisco router will work with FTTC or even just create a PPPoE session and connect through BT supplied modem?

If so how's it configured?

Our computer tech we use at work just said chuck it away and use the ISP supplied router.

Any thoughts please?

It will work as a router with a PPPoE session not sure about standalone.

In reply to a post by R0NSKI:

Any thoughts please?

What age is it, would it have the throughput needed for 40meg or faster FTTC ?

Thanks, can you point me in the direction of a guide to set up, or at least enable the web interface.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

What age is it, would it have the throughput needed for 40meg or faster FTTC ?

I'll try and find out the age when I'm next round the office.

We are about 500 meters from the cab and our estimate is only 39Mbps - telephone cables are not great around here.

I have setup and configured Cisco 881 and 881w to work with FTTC. Both work well.

Would this be what you want?

Cisco Setup Guide

Looks like you need the section headed "I Did Not Receive the SDM CD"...

Edited by tbailey2 (Tue 04-Jun-13 08:55:08)

Would it be better to carry on using the Cisco configured for PPPoE, or dump that and use the BT supplied Business Hub, or Plus Net supplied router?

Our tech guy want's to dump the Cisco and use whatever the ISP supplies, which doesn't seem right to me.

I think PN supply the Thomson 582, which I don't think is that wonderful from what I've read.

hmmm, this is getting more confusing, just phoned the company that supplied the Cisco and they say it's not compatible, not even by PPPoE.

That maybe simply be because they want to sell the newer 867VAE model

The router is a 802.11g wireless unit, so high probability that at the routing level it cannot cope with the sorts of speeds FTTC offers