The first question is how many locations are we talking about. I would
prefer the 1720 routers. These have the same processor as the 2600's.
Don't worry about the VPN features, just don't configure them and it's not
an issue. These are marketed as VPN routers because of the processing
power. I believe the 1700's willl be around longer than the 1600's. Just
my opinion. I work on a 300+ node frame relay network.
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Ole Drews Jensen
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:42 PM
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Subject: Design Help [7:15907]
I would appreciate some good advice on this from some of you design boys and
girls out there.
I am going to upgrade some of our branch offices from ISDN and DSL to Frame
Relay, and I need to find the best suited devices to do that.
I want to move away from the (now) slow ISDN and unreliable (unfortunately)
DSL.
I have been browsing on Cisco's web site, and looking through my Cisco
Product Quick Reference Guide, but I am not 100% sure I have made the right
selections yet.
I would like to start out connecting my main office with four of our branch
offices - each with a 256 kbps bandwidth as a starter. My thoughts have been
as follows:
Main Office:
o Cisco 2610 with a WIC-1DSU-T1=
Branch Offices:
o Cisco 1604 with a WIC-1DSU-T1=
or
o Cisco 1720 with a WIC-1DSU-T1=
I am not sure if I should go with the 1604 or 1720.
The 1604 has ISDN-U which I could use as a backup connection in case the
Frame Relay goes down. The reason that I have not selected the 1601 with an
option for a ISDN-U WIC later on, is that the T1 doesn't have a build-in
CSU/DSU (why don't they have a 1600 with a fixed T1 with CSU/DCU?).
The 1720 is less expensive than the 1604, and I could then add the ISDN U
WIC later on if I decide that it is necessary. However, the 1700 is a VPN
router, and I don't need that, since it goes directly from one router to
another through the Frame Relay. I assume that this feature can be disabled.
So, back to my question - what would you buy?
Thanks for comments on this,
Ole
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RWR Enterprises, Inc.
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