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As technology progresses, the distinction between routers and switches is becoming less clear. Essentially, routers are Layer 3 devices that connect networks with one another. A typical scenario is connecting a small business network to the Internet. Switches are Layer 2 (L2) devices that interconnect various devices that share the same network. Basically, routers depend on CPUs to send traffic based on sophisticated software, providing intelligence at the expense of throughput. Switches, by comparison, depend upon mostly fixed hardware designs to forward traffic at the highest feasible rate. The current generation of routers typically come with L2 switching capability, and many modern switches have L3 routing functionality. Routers offered by Cisco, the source of the vast majority of the world's routers, have improved dramatically in function and performance and Cisco now makes an extensive portfolio that features routers engineered to handle the requirements of customers ranging from individual telecommuters to the world's largest service providers.

The latest Integrated Services Routers from Cisco offer the performance and built-in functionality to manage IP voice and video plus virtual environments while also providing fault tolerance, web-based management, seamless scalability, and enhanced security and compliance. These routers enable you to establish a solid basis for an IT environment that can evolve seamlessly as you add new employees, open extra offices, deploy additional capabilities, give access to your system to clients and vendors, and support an an increasingly mobile user base. Progent’s Cisco CCIE network consultants can provide fast and economical remote expertise to help you to plan, configure, administer, update, and troubleshoot Cisco's latest router technology and can help you to support your legacy routers or migrate efficiently to Cisco’s newer networking products.

Cisco Routers Designed for Small Companies and Remote Offices
Cisco’s routers for small organizations and branch offices provide low-cost and reliable no-frills alternatives that enable small sets of workers to share safe access to wide area networks. These fixed-configuration desktop devices feature at least four Ethernet switches with Wi-Fi options and built-in firewall for advanced security. Designed for simple installation, administration, and support, Cisco’s small business routers minimize TCO by cutting acquisition and maintenance expenses. Progent’s remote troubleshooting specialists have extensive experience delivering immediate and affordable technical help for small businesses to set up and support these routers, and Progent’s CCIE network consultants can assist your company to determine whether and how Cisco’s entry-level routers can add to the business value of your information system.

Cisco RV Series VPN Routers
Cisco's affordably priced RV Series Routers are engineered to offer small businesses with VPN technology that permits remote users to connect to a network securely. Models in the RV Series VPN Routers can handle from five to 100 IPsec VPN tunnels, include 4 to 16-port Ethernet switches, come with built-in firewalls that provide sophisticated encryption, and allow browser-based setup for easy deployment and troubleshooting. All models accommodate 10/100 Ethernet and some models support Gigabit Ethernet. Both wired and wireless versions are available. These VPN routers do not incorporate Cisco’s popular IOS control software.

The Cisco RV042 Dual WAN VPN Router includes a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and can safely handle up to 50 branch offices or online workers via IPsec or Point-to-Point VPN. Cisco's G version supports Gigabit Ethernet. Cisco's RV082 model VPN Router features an 8-port 10/100 switch and can manage up to 100 branch offices or off-site workers with full IPsec VPN. The Cisco RV016 Multi WAN VPN Router has 16 switched 10/100 Ethernet ports, supports 100 remote connections, and lets up to seven ports to be configured for traffic load balancing or for service provider failover to provide non-stop Internet access.

More recent products in Cisco's family of Small Business RV Series Routers include the RV110W wired/Wireless-N VPN with a 4-port Ethernet switch and support for as many as four active VLANs, the Cisco RV130W wired/Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router with a 4-port Gigabit switch and support for 825 Mbps throughput, the RV220W wired/Wireless-N Network Security Firewall with a 4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and the ability to support 25 VPN connections, and the Cisco 320 RV320 WAN VPN Router that includes a 4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Dual Gbit Ethernet WAN ports for load balancing.

Cisco 800 Line of ISR Routers
Cisco's extensive portfolio of 800 Series ISR routers consists of desktop, fanless appliances designed and priced for small organizations, branch offices, retail venues, teleworkers, and clients of ISPs. Many devices in Cisco's 800 family of routers have been released with various options over the course of many years. The 881 Series of ISR routers exemplifies the vast selection of options offered within the Cisco 800 Series product family. Various models in Cisco's 881 router catalog can enable converged media environments by providing IP voice and video, Wi-Fi and cellular wireless and data in one integrated router and switch. Built-in security can include encryption, VPN, firewall, and URL filtering. For business continuity, available options for 881 routers include duplicate wide area network links or support for landline broadband WAN connections such as DSL plus multiple different 3G and 4G wireless WAN connections all built into a single desktop appliance.

The basic Cisco 881 router features a 4-port 10/100-Mbps managed switch with up to 15 Mbps throughput, the ability to handle 20 users, two-port integrated PoE, and IPv6 support. Cisco's 881W router supports 802.11g/n Wi-Fi. Cisco's 881 SRST router includes 4 FXS ports and 1 FXO port for public-switched-telephone-network (PSTN) fallback with Cisco Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST). With a Cisco CUBE license, the Cisco 881 ISR router supports SIP trunking to replace legacy Primary Rate Interface (PRI) lines or foreign exchange-office (FXO) voice connectivity to a PSTN carrier. SIP trunks can also connect offsite call agents in Cisco Call Center deployments.

Cisco ISR Generation 2 Routers
Cisco's Integrated Services G2 routers are intended to provide satellite offices of enterprises with enhanced collaboration, virtual networking, security, and dependable connectivity. Integrated Services Generation 2 routers introduce a design that protects prior investments in service modules for first-generation ISR routers and reduces future costs by allowing field upgrades to additional modules as they become available. In comparison to older Integrated Services Routers, Cisco's ISR G2 routers offer 2-7 times higher throughput, far greater expandability, and more affordable maintenance. All Cisco Integrated Services G2 routers support Gbit switching and include multi-core processors and multigigabit fabric for faster performance. Integrated Services Generation 2 routers also offer intelligent power control for better energy efficiency.

A key advance with ISR G2 routers is the Cisco IOS Universal image which contains all of the Cisco IOS feature sets so that your company can rapidly license and deploy new functions as required without needing to acquire and transfer a new IOS image over to yourCisco router. Progent's team of CCIE network consultants offer proven expertise to help your business to plan, configure, and maintain multi-location installations of Cisco ISR G2 routers that enhance branch office efficiency and reduce the costs of upgrades and support.

1900 ISR G2 Routers
Cisco 1941 and 1941W Integrated Services G2 routers offer on-board encryption, optional Cisco IOS firewall, intrusion prevention, and as many as 11 modular LAN switchports. The Cisco 1941W ISR router includes an 802.11n Wi-Fi access point that allows wireless connectivity to high-speed data, voice, and video applications via Multi-Input, Multiple-output technology that expands coverage for current 802.11 users. Interface options for the 1900 Integrated Services G2 routers include T1/E1, xDSL, 3G, and GE.

In comparison to the previous 1841 ISR router which they are designed to substitute for, the 1900 Series Integrated Services G2 routers include 256 megabytes vs. 32 of CompactFlash storage as a default, and flash can be increased to 4GB compared to 128 megabytes. Standard dynamic RAM size is 256 megabytes vs. 128 and top dynamic RAM size is 2.25 GB vs. 384 megabytes. In contrast to the 1841 router, the 1900 Series ISR G2 routers include a USB console instead of the older DB-9 interface and includes an add-in slot for the new ISM module instead of a slot for the previous and lower performance AIM module. Unlike top-of-the-line Integrated Services G2 routers, the 1941 Series ISR G2 routers do not allow redundant power or slots for Packet Voice and fax DSP Modules.

2900 Integrated Services G2 Routers
Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services G2 Routers are released in four models which correspond to the models in Cisco’s popular 2800 router series. Cisco’s 2900 ISR G2 routers include integrated hardware encryption acceleration, voice and video ready Digital Signal Processor slots, optional firewall, Cisco IOS intrusion prevention, call processing, and from 16 to 50 Ethernet switchports. The integrated encryption circuitry provides IPsec and SSL VPN for protected off-site connections and is dramatically higher performing than the AIM modules supported by 2800 series routers. The high-end Cisco 2951 Series ISR G2 router can handle 600 Session Initiation Protocol sessions. Connectivity options include T1/E1, T3/E3, ADSL and SDSL, plus Gigabit Ethernet.

Cisco 2900 Integrated Services G2 routers accommodate the Cisco Enhanced EtherSwitch Service Modules, providing high-performance capability that match Cisco’s Catalyst 2960 and 3650-E Series Switches. In comparison to the previous Cisco 2821 Integrated Services router that the 2921 Integrated Services G2 router is intended to substitute for, the 2921 is offered by default with 256 megabytes as opposed to 64 megabytes of flash storage and can be loaded with up to 4GB vs. 256 megabytes. Default DRAM capacity is 512 megabytes vs. 256 MB and maximum DRAM capacity is 2.5 gigabytes instead of 1 gigabytes.

Cisco 3900 Series ISR G2 Routers
Cisco has released four models for the top-of-the-line 3900 Series ISR G2 router, the 3925, 3945, 3925E, and 3945E. These models deliver the highest throughput and slot densities in Cisco’s ISR Generation 2 product line and can accept fast DSPs for the most demanding voice/video applications, fast hardware encryption, a broad range of connectivity options, up to 98 modular LAN Switchports, and up to 2,500 Session Initiation Protocol sessions. To preserve your IT investment, the Cisco 3900 ISR G2 routers support Cisco’s Services Performance Engine (SPE), a versatile motherboard that can be swapped out in the field to enhance processing power without forcing you to buy a new piece of equipment. Like other Integrated Services G2 routers, Cisco’s 3900 Series also preserves past network investments by supporting most of the modules from older Cisco Integrated Services Routers. For advanced uptime, 3900 ISR G2 support dual integrated power supplies.

In comparison to the previous model 3825 Integrated Services router which the 2921 Integrated Services G2 router is intended to replace, the 3925 router is offered by default with 256 megabytes vs. 64 megabytes of flash memory and can be loaded with up to 4 gigabytes instead of 256 megabytes. Standard DRAM capacity is 1 gigabyte vs. 256 megabytes and maximum dynamic RAM capacity is 4 gigabytes vs. only 1.

4000 Series ISR Routers
Cisco's 4000 Series ISR Routers are modular and scalable platforms designed for organizations with multiple branch offices and remote workers who need direct communication with private data centers as well as public clouds via VPN tunnels and the Internet. The 4000 series delivers the throughput required for distributed enterprise sites to support mobile users, Cloud-based services, and HD multimedia applications by utilizing network optimization, deep packet inspection, and traffic-management technology. Devices in the ISR 4000 family run Cisco's IOS XE software, come in a 1-rack-unit (RU) or 2RU package, can support Up to 2 Gbps of throughput, and can have up to 3 interface slots, 2 service module slots, 4 integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet switches, and 8 CPU core integrated server modules. ISR 4000 models support integrated Gigabit Ethernet, T1/E1, T3/E3, PR1, xDSL and other interfaces. To handle unified communications, Cisco's 400o ISR offers comprehensive edge support technology for session border control, telephony fault tolerance, and TDM gateways.

The main difference between the Cisco 4400 ISR and 4300 Series is the inclusion of redundant power supply support in the 4400 Series, providing a greater level of fault tolerance. The 4321 Integrated Services Router has a 1 RU desktop form factor with two network interface modules, delivers as much as 100 Mbps performance, and can handle 240 Digital Voice/Video Channels. The 4331 Integrated Services Router comes in a 1 RU form factor and includes two network interface modules, offers as much as 300 Mbps throughput, and supports 360 Digital Voice and Video Channels. Cisco's 4351 router has a 2 RU form factor with three NIMs, delivers as much as 400 Mbps throughput, and allows up to 720 Digital Voice/Video Channels. Cisco's dual power supply 4431 model has a 2 RU package and includes three network interface modules, offers as much as 1 Gbps performance, and supports 720 Digital Voice and Video Channels. Cisco's redundant-power 4431 ISR Router has a 2 RU form factor with three NIMs, offers up to 2 Gbps performance, and can handle 1200 Digital Voice and Video Channels.

Cisco's First Generation ISR Routers
Cisco's original ISR routers, with more than six million products in the field, are the world's leading technology for small businesses and enterprises with branch offices to achieve high-performance, safe, and reliable connectivity to key applications. Progent's CCIE network engineers are seasoned experts at delivering remote design, administrative, and problem solving services for Cisco 1800, 2800, and 3800 family Integrated Services Routers. Progent can help your company to move up to the latest version of Cisco IOS control software with the least possible service interruption to your network, assess the security vulnerability of your existing router configuration, and help you to move efficiently to the latest line of Cisco Integrated Services G2 routers when it is appropriate for your company.

Cisco 1800 Integrated Services Routers
The modular Cisco 1800 Series of integrated services routers intelligently embed data and security within a single robust solution for fast, scalable connectivity with mission-critical business applications. The Cisco 1800 Series architecture has been especially engineered to meet the requirements of small-to-medium-sized businesses, enterprise branch offices, and ISP-managed services applications for access to concurrent services at high speed. The integrated services systems architecture of the Cisco 1800 Series delivers maximum flexibility and investment protection.

The Cisco 1841 device provides important benefits relative to older generations of 1700 Series routers by delivering more than a fivefold throughput increase plus integrated hardware encryption enabled by an available Cisco IOS Software security image. The Cisco 1841 router significantly improves plug-in card slot performance and density over the Cisco 1700 Series while still maintaining compatibility with dozens of available Wide Area Network interface cards and multiflex trunk cards (voice/WICs-for data only). The 1841 device provides additional improvement of Virtual Private Network throughput with an available Virtual Private Network acceleration module; an intrusion prevention system (IPS) and firewall capabilities; support for a broad range of interface needs, including support for integrated switch ports; and enough speed and expansion slot density for future network expansion and next-generation applications.

Cisco 2800 Series Integrated Services Routers
Targeted at small to midsize organizations and corporate satellite offices, Cisco's 2800 Series routers consists of several platforms: the Cisco 2801 router, the Cisco 2811 route, the Cisco 2821, and the 2851. Cisco's 2800 routers provide significant added value in comparison to prior models of Cisco routers at comparable prices by delivering up to a fivefold throughput increase, up to a tenfold increase in protection and voice performance, built-in service features, and radically enhanced slot performance and capacity while preserving support for most of the more than 90 popular modules in use currently for the 1700, the Cisco 2600 Series, and the 3700 Series devices.

The Cisco 2800 Series offers a range of common security features such as a Cisco IOS Software Firewall, an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), IPsec Virtual Private Network, Secure Sockets Layer VPN, advanced application inspection and management, Secure Shell Protocol V 2.0, and Simple Network Management Protocol in one secure solution. Additionally, by integrating security functions within the router itself, Cisco can enable unique smart protection functions other security appliances cannot, such as network admissions control for virus defense; V3PN for quality-of-service (QoS) enforcement when mixing voice, video, and Virtual Private Networks; DMVPN; Group Encrypted Transport (GET); and Easy VPN for supporting increasingly expandable and easier to manage VPN environments.

Organizations can use the Cisco 2800 Series to deploy an integrated IP telephony solution for up to 96 IP telephones, and can securely combine data, voice, and IP telephony on one platform for their small-to-medium sized satellite offices.

Cisco 3800 ISR Routers
The Cisco 3800 Series routers are engineered for small and midsize organizations and enterprise branch offices to offer companies the top degree of network agility, speed, and functionality. The Cisco 3800 integrated services routers seamlessly integrate the latest network engineering, adaptive services, and secure corporate communications into one robust platform. The Cisco 3800 Series routers ease deployment and management, lower network cost and complexity, and provide investment protection. The Cisco 3800 integrated services routers feature internal security processing, fast performance and high memory capacity, and high-density interfaces that deliver the performance, availability, and dependability necessary for scaling mission-critical security, IP telephony, high-volume video, system analysis, and Web programs in even the most demanding corporate environments. Engineered for performance, the 3800 Series routers deliver multiple simultaneous services up to wired T3/E3 data rates.

The integrated services routing technology of the 3800 router is engineered to integrate protection and voice processing with advanced wired and wireless support for fast deployment of new applications, including application layer functions, intelligent network services, and unified communications. The 3800 integrated services router meets the throughput demands of multiple Fast Ethernet interfaces for each expansion slot, time-division multiplexing connections, and fully integrated power distribution to expansion modules compatible with 802.3af Power over Ethernet, while still supporting the traditional portfolio of interfaces. This ensures continuing ROI by supporting network scaling or accommodating innovations in technology as the latest services are deployed. By integrating the capabilities of multiple distinct appliances into one compact device, the 3800 router significantly reduces the cost and hassle of administering remote networks.

Cisco's Midrange WAN Aggregation Routers and Carrier-class Routers
Cisco’s midrange WAN aggregation and service provider routers can provide larger businesses with high-performance, secure head ends to manage branch office and remote user traffic and to provide ISPs cost-optimized wide area network edge routing. Cisco’s WAN aggregation and carrier router portfolio features the Cisco 7600 Series, the ASR 1000 ASR product line, the ASR 9000 ASR Routers, and the Cisco CRS-X System.

Progent's national team of CCIE network experts have in-depth experience helping global businesses and Internet service providers to plan efficient deployments and seamless expansion of Cisco's midrange and carrier-class routers. Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance experts can provide objective, third-party network security vulnerability assessments, stealth penetration services and comprehensive Security information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions to help enterprises that use Cisco's WAN aggregation routers to comply with industry standards and statutory mandates for network data security and incident reporting.

7600 Series Routers
The Cisco 7600 Series Integrated Services router benefits from the Catalyst 6500 Series architecture by using an NEBS-3 box, 256-Gbps crossbar, and 30-Mpps switching speed. Fault tolerance is provided through logical and physical redundancy plus IOS Software functions. Also, the Cisco 7600 router provides a rich set of high-touch IP network services at optical rates via a variety of Optical Services Modules (OSMs) enabled by Cisco patented PXF technology.

The 7609 Series router offers the option to use a 256-Gbps SFM or the standard 32-Gbps data bus, delivering performance of 30 or 15 Mpps respectively. If the Switch Fabric Module is used, the Cisco 7609 Series can in addition allow distributed switching with throughput up to 168 million packets per second by using the Cisco Catalyst 6500 16-port Gigabit Ethernet card, which is controlled by the DFC Card and the SFM.

The Cisco 7603 Series router provides only the standard 32-Gbps bus version and provides 15 million packets per second performance. The Cisco 7603 router does not support distributed switching.

Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers
Cisco’s ASR 1000 Aggregation Services family of routers is designed to fill the middle of Cisco’s midrange products that focus on acting as headends at the wide area network edge. ASR 1000 routers offer a small form factor, single-product answer for large businesses looking for satellite office aggregation at supergigabit Ethernet performance. Cisco’s ASR 1000 Series routers incorporate an innovative architecture that combines on-board acceleration with programmable flexibility to deliver a multitude of concurrent services while preserving dependable performance.

Cisco’s ASR 1000 Series WAN Edge routers include Cisco’s new QuantumFlow Processor incorporating 40 custom Packet Processing Engines that in combination can handle as many as 160 simultaneous threads. This massive parallelism, combined with on-board acceleration for every service, allows the high-end ASR 1006 WAN Edge router to scale up to 128K hardware queues, 32,000 subscribers, 4K IP security tunnels at 10K sessions per second, and 2 million Netflow log records. This CPU power permits ASR 1000 Series routers to deliver a wide variety of sophisticated services simultaneously in massive volume without suffering throughput degradation that could threaten compliance with service level agreements. Examples of these services include Cisco Firewall, intrusion-detection services, Network Address Translation, FPM, and in-line deep packet inspection. The Cisco ASR 1000 also permits sophisticated traffic control for applying multiple levels of Quality of Service to a packet in a single operation, enhancing responsiveness for next-generation multimedia applications.

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers are designed as WAN-edge routers for service providers who are required to support the highest quality HD multimedia services to home, commercial, and mobile customers by offering continual operation, high speed, and application awareness. All models in the Cisco ASR 9000 portfolio of Aggregation Services Routers run the IOS XR operating system, a self-healing, distributed operating system built for non-stop uptime. Throughput of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series of Aggregation Services Routers can scale to as high as 96 Tbps per system. the Cisco ASR 9000 Series of Routers support Gigabit Ethernet, 10 GE, and 100 GE and feature fully redundant fabric and power modules, power entry modules, and fan trays plus backup control planes.

The Cisco ASR 9001 model is a provider-edge router in a 6 RU form factor with 120 Gbps of full-duplex fabric performance. The Cisco ASR 9001 has two modular bays which can accept port adapters for 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet. The chassis incorporates four 10 GE SFP+ ports and ports for GPS clocking, building integrated timing supply, and management. The ASR 9904 Router comes in a 6 RU chassis and offers line-rate 10 and 100 GE connectivity in space-constrained environments. The 4-slot router can scale up to 4 Tbps of switching capacity in one chassis. The ASR 9912 platform has a 30 RU chassis and includes 12 slots slots that can provide up to 550 Gbps of throughput. The ASR 9912 Router includes 2 route processors and 6+1 Fabric Cards for N+1 redundancy.

The CRS Carrier Routing System
Cisco's Carrier Routing System family, powered by Cisco's IOS XR self-healing operating system, offers service providers world-class performance and uptime. The Cisco CRS product line was introduced in 2004, has been continuously enhanced, and currently includes the world's most popular multishelf core router system. To protect existing capital investments in infrastructure, the latest CRS platforms are compatible with earlier CRS versions.

Current product families in Cisco's Carrier Routing System family are the CRS-1, CRS-3, and CRS-X Series. Every CRS series features single-chassis 4-slot, 8-slot, and 16-slot systems plus multi-chassis versions. The Cisco CRS-1 Series is based on Cisco's Silicon Packet Processor technology and offers as much as 92 Tbps throughput. Routers in the CRS-3 Series are based on Cisco's QuantumFlow Array technology and are capable of up to 322 Tbps performance. Cisco's CRS-X Routers incorporate Cisco's CMOS photonics CPAK technology and can be expanded to deliver up to 922 Tbps performance.

Cisco's Carrier Routing System Multichassis platforms can expand to support up to 72 line-card shelves with the capability to provide 400-Gigabit per second of non-stop performance per slot. Carrier Routing System Multichassis platforms can accommodate 1 to 8 fabric shelves. Modular services cards (MSCs) and physical layer interface modules (PLIMs) can be used across the entire Cisco CRS family.

Legacy Routers Maintained by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco certified engineers are experienced with older routers that are no longer offered by Cisco. Progent can help you to manage these routers and can also help you to plan and implement migrations to current models. Legacy Cisco routers supported by Progent include:

• Cisco 500 Series Unified Communications Routers
  The Cisco 520 model SR Router, designed to handle up to 50 users, features a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and a single Cisco IOS image. By supporting a simple yet effective array of IOS control software services, the Cisco 520 router streamlines configuration, administration, and troubleshooting, yet still provides advanced security and performance options to adapt to the particular requirements of your business.

• Cisco 850 and 870 Routers
  Cisco's legacy 850 Series routers are targeted at small networks, ideal for as many as 10 users or for teleworker environments where protected and affordable connectivity is needed. 850 Series access routers deliver secure access with firewall and IPsec VPN services, a 4-connection 10/100 Ethernet switch, a secure WiFi option with a fixed antenna, plus easy configuration and integration and remote management capabilities via Web-based tools and IOS Software.

  Cisco's legacy 870 Series routers are targeted for small networks with as many as 20 workers or for teleworker locations where high-quality voice/video over IP and resilient access using backup WAN connections are required. Cisco 870 Series access routers deliver excellent speed in small workgroups plus enhanced security via services that include Firewall, IP Security VPN, Triple Data Encryption Standard or Advanced Encryption Standard as well as DMVPN and GETVPN, IPS, virus protection through Network Admission Control (NAC), and policing of secure connection policies.

• Cisco 1700 Routers
  1700 Series modular access routers are built to provide a cost-effective, integrated router platform for small and midsize businesses. Cisco 1700 Series routers offer versatility and ease of administration to meet demanding e-business requirements such as data/voice/video/fax integration, high-speed wire-rate Internet access, and advanced protection options. Cisco 1700 routers have been superseded by Cisco's 1800 Series of integrated services routers and the 1900 Series Integrated Services G2 routers.

• 2600 Series Routers
  The Cisco 2600 Series is a line of modular access routers for branch networks, offering flexible LAN/WAN configurations, multiple protection capabilities, and a range of high-speed processors. Cisco 2600 routers have been superseded by Cisco's 2800 Series of integrated services routers and the 2900 Series Integrated Services Generation 2 routers.

• Cisco 3700 Routers
  The 3700 Series is a family of multiservice access appliances for mid-size and large offices. Supported by more than 70 interface options, the Cisco 3700 product line provides a resilient platform for data, voice video, VPNs, and mixed-protocol data routing. 3700 Series routers have been replaced by Cisco's 3800 Series of ISR routers and the 3900 Series Integrated Services G2 routers.

• Cisco 7200 VXR Series Integrated Services Routers
  The 7200 VXR router delivers speed, modularity, and expandability in a small footprint with a broad selection of deployment options. With processing speeds as high as 2 mega-packets / second, port and service adapters spanning from NxDS0 to 1 GigE, plus OC-3 along with a number of high-touch IP services, the 7200 VXR router is a solid services aggregation WAN/MAN edge device for large corporations and ISPs. The 7200 VXR Series Integrated Services router provides broadband aggregation by supporting up to 16K PPP sessions per chassis, voice/video/data support via time-division multiplexer (TDM)-enabled VXR frame and voice interface adapters, direct IP-interconnections, and IPsec virtual private networking expandable to 5K tunnels per device.

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