Cisco 1700 Series - Cisco SOHO series Quick Reference Manual

Cisco 1700 Series

The Cisco 1700 Series of modular access routers is designed to provide a cost-
effective, integrated platform for small and midsize businesses and small branch
offices, ensuring they can efficiently roll out new services as needs change. These
routers provide flexibility and manageability to meet demanding and evolving
requirements, such as multiservice data/voice/video/fax integration, business-class
digital subscriber line (DSL) support, and comprehensive security.
Benefits and Advantages
Flexibility and Investment Protection
The modularity of the Cisco 1700 Series allows
it to easily adapt to evolving needs. WAN
interface cards (WICs) and voice interface cards
(VICs) enable easy additions or changes, without
requiring a forklift upgrade of an entire
platform. The wide range of available WIC
solutions supports WAN technologies such as
broadband DSL, ISDN, leased lines, and Frame
Relay, while VIC solutions can support Voice
over IP and Voice over Frame Relay. These
modules are shared with Cisco 1600, 2600,
3600, and 3700 series routers.
Comprehensive Security
To keep networks secure and protect sensitive
information, businesses deploy a range of
security technologies, including firewalls, VPNs,
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and IDSs. Cisco IOS
widely accepted standard for the Internet and
private network operations. Cisco 1700 Series
routers provide powerful firewall, VPN, and
intrusion detection capabilities. As new security
technologies are developed, they often can be
simply uploaded—there's no need for costly
hardware replacements.
Software is the industry's
Business-Class DSL Connectivity
The new WIC-ADSL and WIC-1SHDSL offer
business-class broadband service with scalable
performance, flexibility, and security for branch
and regional offices. The Cisco 1700 Series
provides the perfect solution for a variety of
businesses requiring high-speed business-class
DSL connectivity on a secure, high-
performance, modular platform.
Multiservice Data/Voice/
Video/Fax Integration
In addition to supporting the same security and
business-class DSL features as the entire Cisco
1700 Series, the Cisco1751 and 1760 offer a cost-
effective way to extend converged multiservice
networking to branch offices. They work with
with existing phones, faxes, and other
equipment, simplifying deployment of IP
telephony. Service integration using IP protocols
over the Internet enables administrators to
reduce long-distance toll charges between
offices, and support voice-enabled desktop
applications such as integrated messaging and
packet video.
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