Routers are the core of connectivity infrastructure, intelligently forwarding data packets from one network to another. Cisco makes 90% of the industry's routers and has developed a broad product line that features routers designed to provide the security, throughput, and reliability features required by organizations of all sizes. Routers from Cisco have built-in support for redundancy, instant failover, and redundant power for improved availability and system productivity. These capabilities allow companies to lay a strong structure for an information network that is easy to grow as you accommodate new workers, open extra offices, install new services, extend your network to clients and partners, and build an increasingly mobile workforce.
Cisco Routers for Small, Midsized and Large Businesses
Cisco's routers offer an advanced solution that reduces network downtime and ensures connectivity to your most business-critical applications. Cisco's concentration on combining innovative infrastructure services with performance allows companies to create WANs that are smarter, more robust, and more reliable. For businesses of all sizes who require fast, secure connectivity to today's mission-critical applications plus a strong basis for future expansion, Cisco routers provide a product line designed for safe, fast delivery of simultaneous and video traffic. Cisco's integrated services routers embed security and voice services into an integrated routing solution that speeds application deployment and reduces operating costs and hassle.
SB 100 Series Routers The Cisco SB 100 family of routers is an economical choice for data-only applications in small businesses with five or fewer users. SB 100 versions include Asymmetric DSL, ADSL, or an Ethernet wide area network version with a 4-port 10/100 switch. Every version provides safe access with built-in stateful firewall and support for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based VPNs. In addition, simple setup utility, Cisco SDM, permits users to set up the SB 100 and its integrated firewall, while remote administration features in IOS Software permit hassle-free integration and centralized management.
Cisco Small Business 100 Secure Broadband Routers have been superseded by the Cisco 850 and 870 Series Integrated Services Routers. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can help you to maintain your current SB 100 routers and help you migrate to more advanced routers.
Cisco 800 Series Access Routers The Cisco 870 and 850 Series Routers are entry-level routers that provide protected, simultaneous services over broadband interfaces in small remote offices, teleworker, and small business sites.
Cisco 850 Series routers are targeted at small networks, ideal for as many as 10 workers or for teleworker sites where simply protected and economical access is needed. 850 Series routers deliver safe connectivity with firewall and IP security Virtual Private Network features for small LANs, 4-connection 10/100 switch, secure wireless option with a single fixed antenna, and easy configuration and integration and off-site administration features through Web-enabled tools and Cisco IOS Software.
Cisco 870 routers are ideal for small offices, recommended for up to 20 workers or for telecommuter locations where high-quality VoIP and video and reliable access utilizing standby broadband connections are demanded, in addition to protected access. 870 Series routers deliver high speed for broadband connectivity in small offices plus enhanced security via features such as stateful Inspection Firewall, IP Security Virtual Private Networks, Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) or Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) as well as Dynamic Multipoint VPN and Tunnel-less Group Encrypted Transport (GETVPN), an intrusion prevention system, and antivirus support through NAC and enforcement of secure access policies.
Cisco 870 Series routers also provide industry-leading quality of service (QoS), four-port 10/100 Ethernet switch with Virtual LAN capability, protected WiFi option with multiple antennas, simple setup and integration by means of Web-based tools and off-site management capabilities via Cisco IOS Software, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) support to work with IP phones or wireless access points.
1800 Series Routers The Cisco 1800 Series of integrated services routers incorporate data and protection within a single resilient solution for fast, scalable delivery of vital business applications. The Cisco 1800 Series design has been purposefully developed to meet the requirements of small-to-medium-sized businesses, small enterprise branch offices, and ISP-managed services environments for access to simultaneous services at high-speed throughput. The integrated systems architecture of the Cisco 1800 Series delivers optimum versatility and fast ROI.
Engineered for secure data access, the Cisco 1841 integrated services router offers significant added value compared to prior generations of Cisco 1700 Series devices by delivering more than a fivefold throughput improvement plus built-in hardware encryption enabled by an available Cisco IOS Software security image. The Cisco 1841 router dramatically increases plug-in card slot throughput and density compared to the 1700 Series routers while providing compatibility with dozens of existing WAN interface cards (WICs) and multiflex trunk cards (voice/WICs (VWICs)-for data only). The Cisco 1841 integrated services router offers additional enhancement of VPN speed via an optional Virtual Private Network acceleration add-in; IPS and firewall functions; support for a broad array of interface needs, such as support for optional switch ports; and sufficient speed and slot density for ongoing network growth and next-generation applications.
2800 Integrated Services Routers Designed for small to medium-sized organizations and corporate satellite offices, Cisco's 2800 Series comprises four platforms: the Cisco 2801, the Cisco 2811, the Cisco 2821, and the 2851 router. Cisco's 2800 Series offers significant added value in comparison to older models of Cisco routers at comparable prices by delivering up to a fivefold throughput increase, up to a 10 times increase in security and voice performance, built-in service features, and radically increased slot performance and capacity while maintaining support for the vast majority of the over 90 existing expansion modules in use currently for the 1700 Series, the 2600 Series, and the Cisco 3700 Series devices.
The Cisco 2800 Series routers can deliver multiple advanced simultaneous services at wire speed up to multiple T1/E1/xDSL interfaces. 2800 Series offer embedded encryption acceleration and on-the-motherboard voice digital-signal-processor (DSP) expansion slots; IPS and firewall functions; optional internal call handling and voice message support; high-capacity interfaces for a broad range of tethered and untethered access requirements; and sufficient power and slot density to handle further system growth requirements and new applications.
Cisco's 2800 provides an array of popular protection functions including a Cisco IOS Software Firewall, an intrusion prevention, IP security VPN, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network, advanced application inspection and control, Secure Shell Protocol Version 2.0, and SNMPv3 in a single protected solution. Additionally, by integrating security functions within the router itself, Cisco can provide unique smart protection solutions other security devices cannot, such as network admissions control (NAC) for virus defense; V3PN for quality-of-service enforcement when mixing voice, video, and Virtual Private Networks; Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN); Group Encrypted Transport (GET); VPN; and Easy Virtual Private Networks for supporting increasingly expandable and manageable VPN networks.
Organizations can utilize the 2800 Series to deploy an integrated IP telephony network for up to 96 IP phones, and can safely deploy data, voice, and IP telephony on a single router for their small to midsize branch offices.
The 2800 Series router supports a built-in access point for 802.11x wireless LAN connectivity, Wi-Fi Hotspot capability for public wireless networks, and infrastructure services for cordless WLAN telephony and for larger sites.
Cisco 3800 Series Routers 3800 Series routers are engineered for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and enterprise satellite offices to provide companies the highest levels of network agility, speed, and functionality. The Cisco 3800 integrated services routers smoothly incorporate the latest technologies, adaptive services, and secure corporate communications into a single resilient system. The Cisco 3800 Series routers ease deployment and management, lower network cost and complexity, and provide investment protection. Cisco 3800 Series routers offer embedded security processing, fast performance and high memory capacity, and high-capacity interfaces that provide the performance, availability, and reliability necessary for scaling business-critical protection, IP telephony, business video, network analysis, and web-based programs in the most competitive enterprise networks. Engineered for performance, the Cisco 3800 Series integrated services routers provide multiple concurrent services that match wired T3/E3 data rates.
The proprietary routing architecture of the 3800 router is designed to incorporate and integrate protection and voice handling with advanced wired and wireless services for fast installation of new services, including application layer operations, intelligent network services, and converged communications. The Cisco 3800 Series router supports the throughput demands of several Fast Ethernet ports per slot, time-division multiplexing interconnections, and integrated power distribution to modules supporting 802.3af Power over Ethernet, while also supporting the existing selection of interfaces. This permits continuing investment protection by supporting network expansion or accommodating innovations in technology as the latest services are deployed. By combining the capabilities of multiple distinct devices into a single compact unit, the Cisco 3800 Series router significantly lowers the cost and hassle of managing wide area networks.
Cisco 7200 VXR Integrated Services Routers TheCisco 7200 VXR Series router offers exceptional performance, flexibility, and scalability in a compact footprint with a wide selection of deployment options. With processing speeds up to two mega-packets per second, port and service adapters ranging from NxDS0 to Gigabit Ethernet, and OC-3 as well as an unprecedented number of high-touch IP services, the Cisco 7200 VXR router is the preferred broadband aggregation wide- and metropolitan-area network edge solution for enterprises and ISPs.
The Cisco 7200 VXR router features broadband aggregation by handling up to 16K PPP sessions per device, mixed-media support with time-division multiplexer (TDM)-enabled VXR frame and voice interface adapters, direct IP-interconnections, and IPSec VPN scalable to 5K tunnels per device.
The 7200 VXR Series router combines into a single platform services previously performed by multiple devices. Thanks to this consolidation, the Cisco 7200 VXR Series Integrated Services router offers a standalone, affordable platform that supports high-density network connections as well as high-speed services aggregation which includes PPP, RFC 1483 termination, and Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol; digital T1/E1 time-division multiplexer trunk termination for voice; multichannel T3/E3 and T1/E1 with integrated channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU); ATM, PoS, and Dynamic Packet Transport access; ATM IMA (Inverse Multiplexing over ATM) for video; and light-density Layer 2 Ethernet switching.
7600 Integrated Services Routers The 7600 Series router takes advantage of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series architecture with an NEBS-3 compliant box, 256-Gbps crossbar switch fabric, and 30-Mpps switching performance. Fault tolerance is provided through logic and hardware redundancy plus IOS Software capabilities. In addition, the 7600 Series router offers a rich array of high-touch IP network services at optical speed through a variety of Optical Services Modules (OSMs) enabled by Cisco patented PXF technology.
The Cisco 7609 Series offers the choice to use a 256-Gbps Switch Fabric Module or the standard 32-Gbps bus, providing centralized switching performance of 30 million packets per second or 15 Mpps each. When the Switch Fabric Module is deployed, the 7609 can in addition allow distributed switching with performance up to 168 Mpps by running the Cisco Catalyst 6500 16-port Gbit Ethernet card, which is controlled by the Distributed Forwarding Card (DFC) and the Switch Fabric Module.
The 7603 router has only the 32-Gbps bus version and delivers 15 million packets per second switching performance. The Cisco 7603 Series router does not support Cisco's distributed switching capability.
Older Routers Maintained by Progent's Experts
Progent's Cisco certified consultants are experienced with older Cisco routers that are no longer available from Cisco. Progent can help you to support these routers and can in addition assist you to plan and carry out migrations to current versions. Older Cisco routers supported by Progent include:
Cisco 1700 Routers
1700 Series access routers are engineered to deliver a cost-effective, integrated e-business solution for small and medium-sized organizations. 1700 Series offer flexibility and ease of administration to meet challenging e-business needs including multiservice data/voice/video/fax consolidation, high-speed wire-rate Internet connection, and advanced security options.
2600 Series Routers
The Cisco 2600 Series of routers is a line of modular multiservice access routers for branch offices, providing versatile LAN/WAN setup options, comprehensive protection features, and selection of high-speed processors.
3700 Series Routers The Cisco 3700 Series is a line of access appliances for mid-size and large offices. Supported by more than 70 interface add-in products, the Cisco 3700 family provides a resilient platform for data, voice and video, VPNs, and multiprotocol routing.
How Progent Can Help Your Business to Support Cisco Routers
Progent's CCIE qualified consultants can assist your business to plan, configure, and manage an integrated network infrastructure that can simplify operations, lower expenses, and speed the path to positive ROI. By teaming Cisco routers with Catalyst switches expertise and Cisco Aironet wireless expertise, Progent can significantly increase the business value of your connectivity environment. Progent can provide onsite and remote help and can provide data center support throughout Northern California and select locations nationwide.
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The Cisco SB 100 family of routers is an economical choice for data-only applications in small businesses with five or fewer users. SB 100 versions include Asymmetric DSL, ADSL, or an Ethernet wide area network version with a 4-port 10/100 switch. Every version provides safe access with built-in stateful firewall and support for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based VPNs. In addition, simple setup utility, Cisco SDM, permits users to set up the SB 100 and its integrated firewall, while remote administration features in IOS Software permit hassle-free integration and centralized management.
The Cisco 870 and 850 Series Routers are entry-level routers that provide protected, simultaneous services over broadband interfaces in small remote offices, teleworker, and small business sites.
The Cisco 1800 Series of integrated services routers incorporate data and protection within a single resilient solution for fast, scalable delivery of vital business applications. The Cisco 1800 Series design has been purposefully developed to meet the requirements of small-to-medium-sized businesses, small enterprise branch offices, and ISP-managed services environments for access to simultaneous services at high-speed throughput. The integrated systems architecture of the Cisco 1800 Series delivers optimum versatility and fast ROI.
Designed for small to medium-sized organizations and corporate satellite offices, Cisco's 2800 Series comprises four platforms: the Cisco 2801, the Cisco 2811, the Cisco 2821, and the 2851 router. Cisco's 2800 Series offers significant added value in comparison to older models of Cisco routers at comparable prices by delivering up to a fivefold throughput increase, up to a 10 times increase in security and voice performance, built-in service features, and radically increased slot performance and capacity while maintaining support for the vast majority of the over 90 existing expansion modules in use currently for the 1700 Series, the 2600 Series, and the Cisco 3700 Series devices.
3800 Series routers are engineered for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and enterprise satellite offices to provide companies the highest levels of network agility, speed, and functionality. The Cisco 3800 integrated services routers smoothly incorporate the latest technologies, adaptive services, and secure corporate communications into a single resilient system. The Cisco 3800 Series routers ease deployment and management, lower network cost and complexity, and provide investment protection. Cisco 3800 Series routers offer embedded security processing, fast performance and high memory capacity, and high-capacity interfaces that provide the performance, availability, and reliability necessary for scaling business-critical protection, IP telephony, business video, network analysis, and web-based programs in the most competitive enterprise networks. Engineered for performance, the Cisco 3800 Series integrated services routers provide multiple concurrent services that match wired T3/E3 data rates.
TheCisco 7200 VXR Series router offers exceptional performance, flexibility, and scalability in a compact footprint with a wide selection of deployment options. With processing speeds up to two mega-packets per second, port and service adapters ranging from NxDS0 to Gigabit Ethernet, and OC-3 as well as an unprecedented number of high-touch IP services, the Cisco 7200 VXR router is the preferred broadband aggregation wide- and metropolitan-area network edge solution for enterprises and ISPs.
The 7600 Series router takes advantage of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series architecture with an NEBS-3 compliant box, 256-Gbps crossbar switch fabric, and 30-Mpps switching performance. Fault tolerance is provided through logic and hardware redundancy plus IOS Software capabilities. In addition, the 7600 Series router offers a rich array of high-touch IP network services at optical speed through a variety of Optical Services Modules (OSMs) enabled by Cisco patented PXF technology.
