When you are deciding on an MPLS network carrier, an important thing to consider is the router that will be provided, assuming that you want fully managed services. This is a subject that many people are unclear on.

• Dramatically increased slot performance and density while maintaining support for most of the more than 90 existing modules that are available today for the Cisco 1700, Cisco 2600, and Cisco 3700 Series.The Cisco 2800 Series features the ability to deliver multiple high-quality.
• The Cisco ASR 1006 Router supports full-width card modules. It is designed with a single midplane with connectors on one interface midplane. The Cisco ASR 1006 Router supports: Three Cisco ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processors (SIPs) Twelve SPA slots Two embedded services processors Two Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processors.

Many carriers will provide a Cisco 1841 in their quotation. The primary reason being cost. Some carriers will quote a Cisco 2811. While the cost is a bit higher, so in the expandability and performance. While this blog is not intended to be a technical hardware discussion, the general subject of MPLS networks warrants a brief message about this topic.

Cisco 1841:

1. List: $995 (depending on configuration)
2. Memory (Std/Max): F: 32/128 and D:128/384
3. LAN: 1 E/FE
4. WAN Card Slots: 2 (data only)
5. Network Module Slots: none
6. Advanced Integration Module Slots: 1
7. Digital Signal Processing Slots: none
8. USB Ports: 1 (for USB Flash configuration)
9. Form Factor: shelf
10. Power supply redundancy: none
11. Voice support: none
12. Fast/CEF Switching: 38.40Mbps with 64 byte packets

Cisco 2811 included services router is an element of the cisco 2800 incorporated services router sequence which harmonizes the integrated services router collection. The 2811 integrated service router provide the support in wire rate recital for synchronized services such as safety and voice and higher service to numerous T1/E1/DSL WAN rates.

Cisco 2811

1. List: $1750 (depending on configuration)
2. Memory (Std/Max): F: 64/256 and D:256/768
3. LAN: 2 E/FE
4. WAN Card Slots: 4 HWIC/VWIC/WIC/VIC (Hardware WAN Interface Card/Voice WIC/WIC/Voice Interface Card)
5. Network Module Slots: 1
6. Advanced Integration Module Slots: 2
7. Digital Signal Processing Slots: 2
8. USB Ports: 2 (for USB Flash configuration)
9. Form Factor: rack
10. Power supply redundancy: RPS-675 (optional power supply)
11. Voice support: DSP/NM
12. Maximum CCUE phones: 36
13. Max SRST Phones: 36
14. Fast/CEF Switching: 61.44 Mbps with 64 byte packets

To summarize:

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1. The 1841 is suitable for a single T1 or E1. If you plan on using VoIP or growing to NxT1 or NxE1, select a better router.
2. The 2811 is suitable for two T1s or E1s and supports voice. It’s little brother the 2801 has less memory and less expansion slots, with a base configuration for a single T1 or E1.
3. If your growth requirements will be greater, get the right router from the start to allow your upgrades to be painless and avoid any unexpected capital purchases.
4. There are other router manufacturers than Cisco, so consider your options in full.
5. Carrier provided routers and management will cost you more than leasing and managing the routers yourself, providing you have the resources to do it yourself. Managed routers eliminate the management headache. You can also hire SD-WAN-Experts to manage your routers and provide more granular network reporting.

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