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Integrated Wireless LAN Capability
The Cisco 890 Series is ideal for enterprise small branch offices and small businesses that need to be connected
to larger enterprise networks. These routers help extend corporate networks to secure remote sites while giving
users access to the same applications found in a corporate office. They provide increased reliability for diversity of
wireless data, voice, and video applications. When users require WLAN access, visibility and control of network
security are even more critical at the remote site. The Cisco 890 Series meets this need with a single device that
combines integrated 802.11a/g/n capabilities with security features such as Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA),
including authentication with IEEE 802.1X with Cisco Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) and Protected
EAP (PEAP), and encryption with WPA Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). The Cisco 890 Series wireless
models that include the integrated access point have full feature parity with the Cisco Aironet
Point and can be used in either autonomous or Cisco Unified WLAN modes. In Cisco Unified WLAN mode, as part
of an enterprise WLAN architecture, all WLAN functions are centrally managed through Cisco Wireless LAN
Controllers and the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS). The Cisco 897 and 891F with wireless support Cisco
CleanAir technology.
Figure 6 shows a Cisco 890 Series Router deployed in an enterprise small branch-office WLAN application.
Figure 6.
Manageability
Cisco 890 Series Routers support a whole suite of management tools to provide ease of use. Tools such as Cisco
Configuration Professional use smart wizards and task-based tutorials, which resellers and customers can use to
quickly and easily deploy, configure, and monitor a Cisco access router without requiring knowledge of the Cisco
IOS Software command-line interface (CLI).
Table 2 lists the features and benefits of the Cisco 890 Series Routers.
Table 2.
Feature
Increased performance for
concurrent services
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet, SFP,
and Fast Ethernet WAN ports
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Enterprise Small Branch-Office WLAN
Features and Benefits of Cisco 890 Series Routers
Benefit
● Router performance allows customers to take advantage of broadband network speeds while running
secure, concurrent data, voice, video, and wireless services.
● Integrated ports offer flexibility in Ethernet WAN access, and the additional capability to deploy redundant
WAN connections for failover protections and load balancing.
● Refer to Table 1 for details about the WAN interface.
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