cisco 871 and linksys e4200 should i just retire the 871?

[tonyyy]

So I ended up getting a Linksys E4200 because the wireless on my 871 isn't fast enough and it would just slow the network down to a crawl if I was transferring or someone on my network was moving/download files from my NAS.

Should I just retire the 871 since its pretty old and can't handle my needs?

Or would it work better if I make the E4200 an access point only?

Would it work better if I let it do DHCP as well?

Thanks

 

[damacus]

If all you need is wifi, then sure, you could replace the 871 with the 4200. I'm willing to take that 871w off your hands if you're done with it, btw.

The 871 isn't a speed demon, but they're fairly versatile, at least if you're running advipservices.