Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco 850 Integrated Services Router for Small Offices-Cisco 857 ADSL Router. The last day to order the affected product(s) is December 20, 2011. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers’ service contract.
Table1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 850 Integrated Services Routers for Small Offices-Cisco 857 ADSL Router
| Milestone | Definition | Date |
| End-of-Life Announcement Date | The date the document that announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life of a product is distributed to the general public. | December 20, 2010 |
| End-of-Sale Date | The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. Theproduct is no longer for sale after this date. | December 20, 2011 |
| Last Ship Date: HW |
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time. | March 19, 2012 |
| End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW |
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software. | December 19, 2013 |
| End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW |
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect. | December 19, 2012 |
| End of New Service Attachment Date: HW |
For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract. | December 19, 2012 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. | March 19, 2016 |
| Last Date of Support: HW |
The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete. | December 31, 2016 |
HW=Hardware OS SW=Operating System Software App. SW=Application Software
Table2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
| End-of-Sale Product PartNumber | Product Description | Replacement Product Part Number | Replacement Product Description | Additional Information |
| CISCO857-K9 | ADSL SOHO Security Router | CISCO887VA-K9 | Cisco 887 VDSL/ADSL over POTS Multi-mode Router | – |
| CISCO857W-G-A-K9 | ADSL SOHO Router with 802.11g FCC Compliant | C887VA-W-A-K9 | Cisco 887VA VDSL2/ADSL2+ over POTS W/ 802.11n FCC Comp | – |
| CISCO857W-G-E-K9 | ADSL SOHO Security Router with 802.11g | See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. | – | – |
| CISCO857W-G-J-K9 | ADSL SOHO Router with 802.11g Japan Compliant | See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. | – | – |
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 880VA Series Integrated Services Routers. The Cisco 880VA Series Routers deliver advanced features and benefits, increased performance, and support DSL multimode, Veryhigh-speed DSL 2 (VDSL2) and Asymmetric DSL 2+ (ADSL2+) on a single WAN interface. Information about this product can be found at: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/data_sheet_c78-613481.html.
Cisco 880VA Series with latest 802.11n WLAN capability is planned to be released in July 2011.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase Cisco 850 Integrated Services Router for Small Offices-Cisco 857 ADSL Router through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
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