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Comprehensive Feature Set and Benefits
The Cisco 815 offers a broad set of features designed to allow businesses to maximize on their
investment and to easily deploy a business-class broadband solution. See Table 2 for features and
benefits.
Table 2.
Cisco 815 Features and Benefits
Features
Benefits
Hardware Features
DOCSIS 2.0-based cable
Provides standards-based, interoperable, high-speed data connectivity over HFC cable
WAN interface
interface with HWIC-CABLE-D-2.
Integrated 10/100Base-TX
Provides an alternate WAN link to supplement cable WAN.
port
Integrated 4-port
Fully managed LAN switch ports with Layer 2 VLAN traffic separation between LAN
10/100BASE-T managed
segments.
switch
Onboard hardware
Provides Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)
encryption
high-speed hardware encryption.
Auxiliary port
Allows for modem connection to the router, which can be configured and managed from a
remote location. Supports up to 115.2 Kbps. Dial backup available using external analog
modem.
Console port
Allows for router configuration and management with a directly connected terminal or PC.
Kensington security lock
Router can be secured to a desktop or other surface using Kensington lockdown
equipment.
Software Features
Full Cisco IOS Software
support, including
multiprotocol routing
Cisco QoS
Offers support for advanced QoS features such as the Resource Reservation Protocol
(RSVP), Low-Latency Queuing (LLQ), Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ),
and IP Precedence, Policing, and Traffic Shaping to reduce recurring WAN costs and
improve performance.
DOCSIS-based QoS
Provides 1 primary and 15 secondary flows for voice, video, and data applications over a
single HFC cable WAN connection.
1
Supported only on Cisco 815-VPN Secure Broadband Cable Router.
1
● Provides robust, scalable, and feature-rich internetworking software support with
RIPv1/v2, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, PIM, IGMPv2, NAT, PAT, DHCP, and Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS) customer edge functions.
● Constitutes part of the Cisco end-to-end network solution.
Data Sheet
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