Cost Of Ownership And Ease Of Use-Features And Benefits; Summary And Conclusion - Cisco 1841 Datasheet

Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use
The Cisco 1841 router continues the heritage of offering versatility, integration, and power to small-to-medium-sized
businesses and small enterprise branch offices. It offers many enhancements to support the deployment of multiple
integrated services in the branch office. Key features and benefits that lower the cost of ownership and improve ease
of use are outlined in Table 4.
Table 4.
Feature
Integrated Channel Service
Unit (CSU)/Data Service Unit
(DSU)
USB Port (1.1)
Enhanced Setup Feature
CiscoWorks, CiscoWorks
VPN/Security Management
Solution (VMS) and Cisco IP
Solution Center (ISC) Support
Cisco AutoInstall

Summary and Conclusion

As companies increase their security requirements and their need for integrated services, more intelligent office
solutions are required. The best-in-class Cisco 1800 Series architecture has been specifically designed to meet
these requirements for secure concurrent services at wire-speed performance. The Cisco 1841 Router offers the
opportunity to consolidate the functions of separate devices into a single, compact solution that can be remotely
managed. By providing integrated services, as well as great modular density and high performance, the Cisco 1841
router provides security, versatility, scalability, and flexibility for multiple applications to the small-to-medium-sized
office and small enterprise branch office, and the service provider customer edge. The Cisco 1841 router easily
accommodates a wide variety of network applications, such as secure branch-office data access including NAC
for antivirus defense, VPN access and firewall protection, business-class DSL, IPS support, inter-VLAN routing,
and serial device concentration. The Cisco 1841 router provides customers with the industry's most flexible, secure,
and adaptable infrastructure to meet both today's and tomorrow's business requirements for maximum investment
protection.
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Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use-Features and Benefits

Benefit
● This feature consolidates typical communications equipment found in branch-office wiring closets into a single,
compact unit. This space-saving solution provides better manageability.
● The integrated USB peripheral port is provided to allow support for enhanced provisioning and simplified image
distribution as well as other functions. These enhancements aid in reducing support costs and downtime.
● An optional setup wizard with context-sensitive questions guides the user through the router configuration
process, allowing faster deployment.
● Advanced management and configuration capabilities are offered through a Web-based GUI.
● This feature configures remote routers automatically across a WAN connection to save the cost of sending
technical staff to the remote site.
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