Got an old Cisco enterprise modem/router. Anything fun I can use it for at home?

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Work are chucking out a "Cisco 887VA-M" integrated services router.

Anyone know if I can install some custom OS/firmware via the USB on the back?

I expect this is just e-waste but maybe it has some use as emergency switch :)

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Rip out its flesh, destroy it in vengeance and replace it with some raspberry pi running pi-hole or turn it into a retro-gaming console

To crush your ComTech conglomerates, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their routers.

That I can get behind. I've been meaning to get a Pi or equivilent.