Anyone know of a router that has the flexibility of and ISR, i.e. where I can do stuff like GRE-in-GRE+IPSec, and can have two cellular data connections via two SIMs from different providers?
For some years we have used an ISR C1941W router in a mobile blood donor truck. We have been very satisfied with it, utilizing the dual SIM support for redundancy, give them a network that is as much "always available" as possible via a mix of DMVPN and GRE + GRE-in-GRE combined with OSPF and BGP. We unfortunately bought it with just the 3G HSPA/EDGE modem and we can start seeing the limitations of not having the LTE speeds. And it has been announced EoL[0], so we would like to look for a replacement. We were planning on using C819GW-LTE-GA-EK9 to replace it; it sounded like just what we needed. But it turns out this model has a lead time of more than 4 months (91 business days) for us. And it will no longer be available for sale after the 20th of March (according to Cisco Build & Price tool) so it might not be the most future proof solution anyway. Cisco recommends the C1101-4PLTE as a replacement. It's cheaper and more future proof but I can't seem to find a model that actually has two modems and takes two SIMs. Even though the datasheet[1] says "dual SIM support", every model seems to support only one. [0]: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/1900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/eos-eol-notice-c51-737501.html [1]: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/1000-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/datasheet-c78-739512.html Thank you in advance. -- Peter _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
