Integrated services routers allow small offices to operate secure concurrent services, including firewall, VPNs, and wireless LANs, at broadband speeds

• Wireless support—Optional IEEE 802.11 b/g on 850 and 870 Series
• Enhanced security features including stateful inspection firewall and hardware-assisted encryption and QoS (Cisco 870 series) features for VoIP
• DMZ, Dial back-up and out-of-band management (Cisco 870 Series)
• SDM GUI tool for simple and advanced configuration

Modular and fixed architectures—Offers wide variety of LAN and WAN options; network interfaces on Cisco 1841 are field-upgradeable for flexibility and to accommodate future technologies

• Fixed configuration models offer 10/100 Ethernet, ADSL over ISDN, ADSL over POTS, or G.SHDSL WAN interfaces with integrated ISDN BRI (1801, 1802, 1803, and 1812) or analog modem (1811) backup interfaces
• Wireless LAN access using IEEE 802.11 a/b/g is available for all models of the 1800 Series

Integrated services routers that are optimized for the secure, wire-speed delivery of concurrent data, voice, and video services for small- to- midsize business and enterprise branch routing

• Superior performance with multiple services enabled for 1-6 T1/E1 links
• Advanced security features including Stateful Firewall, IPS, VPN and NAC
• Built-in encryption using DES, 3DES, and AES.
• Wireless support via integrated IEEE 802.11 a/b/g standalone access point HWICs
• Wireless LAN Controller Modules are a component of the Cisco
• Unified Wireless Network

Integrated Services Routers

• Highest performance and densities with the ability to run concurrent data, security, voice, and advanced services at wire speed up to T3/E3
• Higher availability and resiliency with Online Insertion and Removal (OIR); redundant system and inline power options
• High-speed WAN Interface Cards (HWICs) free up network module slots for other services
• Enhanced security
• Expanded default and maximum memory capacity with Error
• Correction Code (ECC) DDR SDRAM memory to detect and correct SDRAM errors without user intervention
• Wireless support via integrated IEEE 802.11 a/b/g standalone access point HWICs
• Wireless LAN Controller Modules are a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network

Optimized OC3/GE WAN-edge router providing intelligent services, high modularity, high performance, investment protection, and scalability in a small form factor

• Modular, 1-RU or 3-RU Chassis
  
• 1-, 4-, or 6-slot models for Port/Service Adapters
• 1 I/O slot (for 4- and 6-slot model)
• Choice of system processors (NPE) for up to 2 Mpps performance
• (7201 comes with built in NPE)
• Built in Gigabit Ethernet connectivity—copper or fiber (3-ports on NPE-G2 or 4 ports on 7201) Wide variety of LAN and Cisco Quick Product Reference GuideWAN options, including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring, serial, ISDN, HSSI, ATM, and Packet over SONET as well as voice support including IP-to-IP Gateway (Session Border Controller) and Quality of Service (QoS).

• 7304–Network Edge router with high performance IP services delivered at optical speeds for service providers and enterprise network
• 7301—Broadband and WAN-edge router providing intelligent services, PA modularity, high performance, investment protection, and scalability in a 1 RU form factor

• Consolidated WAN/MAN/LAN in a single platform
• Scalable backplane bandwidth from 32 Gbps to 720 Gbps and performance from 30 Mpps to over 400 Mpps with new Sup720 or RSP720 engine and distributed forwarding line cards
• High-volume aggregation of service-enabled Ethernet
• Wide range of WAN/MAN interfaces from NxDS0, T1, T3 to OC-192 with line rate services. Support technologies including Serial, High-speed Serial, Channelize, POS, ATM and Ethernet. Ideal for service provider edge, metropolitan area network, & triple-play deployments, and high-end enterprise solutions Also supports Catalyst 6500 series line cards and 75/7200 port adapters
• Supports a broad range of advanced service modules, such as IPSec SPA, DDOS, FWSM, and ACE (Server Load Balancing)

Service provider-class metro edge services router

• Optimized building block for the next generation metro Ethernet/IP access networks
  
• Equipped with either (24) 10/100 or 4 GbE and 8 FE ports for customer access and OC-48c/STM-16c dynamic packet transport/resilient packet ring (DPT/RPR) technology or Packet Over SONET (POS) for metro optical connectivity
  
• Supports IEEE 802.17 standard compliant RPR technology

Service provider-class multiservice-edge router to enable customer to transition toward a converged IP Network Infrastructure

• Supports edge-optimized line cards maximizing the value of line-rate edge applications with 10G uplinks while sustaining line-rate performance
  
• Up to nine chassis options with new power supply and blower enhancements supporting a portfolio of SPAs and SIPs
• Extensive portfolio of line cards and SPAs that support POS, ATM,
• Ethernet, DPT/RPR and copper, channelized physical interfaces
• Service-related enhancements (L3VPN, L2VPN, QoS) that ensures traffic differentiation while meeting the strictest customer service-level agreements