Help! How can I get the latest IOS for my new 837 router?

Apr 27, 2006 2 Replies
Help! How can I get the latest IOS for my new 837 router? open original image

Hi all,



I've dealt with DrayTek kit before now, but today I've purchased a second hand Cisco 837 ADSL router from eBay.



How the heck can I obtain the most recent IOS and/or firmware? I'd like to get it updated to the latest release before I start to configure it.



From what I can tell from the nightmare Cisco website, I have to be a Cisco partner in order to download it. But I bought it from eBay, and as such I don't have a partner, or a reseller, or a VAR....



According to show version the router has the following:


Router>show version Cisco IOS Software, C837 Software (C837-K9O3Y6-M), Version 12.3(8)T4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) Technical Support:

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(c) 1986-2004 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Fri 03-Sep-04 08:34 by eaarmas



ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r)YN, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)



Router uptime is 1 minute System returned to ROM by power-on System image file is "flash:c837-k9o3y6-mz.123-8.T4.bin"


Many thanks for your time,


Jim Willsher



Do you have any contact that has a CCO login? This would be a start. However, you still need to license the software through Cisco.

The following document should give you more information about the procedure:

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