Product Overview; General Description - Cisco 881W - Integrated Services Router Wireless Hardware Installation Manual

Product Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the features available for the Cisco 860 series, Cisco 880 series,
and Cisco 890 series Integrated Services Routers (ISRs), and contains the following sections:
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Note For compliance and safety information, see Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information Roadmap
that ships with the router and
SOHO Series Routers.
The illustrations in this document show a wireless router. Both wireless and nonwireless models are
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available in the Cisco 860 series, Cisco 880 series, and Cisco 890 series ISRs. Port and feature locations
are similar for both wireless and nonwireless routers.

General Description

The Cisco 860 series, Cisco 880 series, and Cisco 890 series ISRs provide data, voice, Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED™ wireless access point (AP), integrated Virtual Private Network (VPN), and backup
capabilities to corporate teleworkers and to remote and small offices with fewer than 20 users. These
routers are capable of bridging and multiprotocol routing between LAN and WAN ports. The routers
provide advanced features such as global industry standard symmetrical high-speed DSL (G.SHDSL),
very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line 2–over–plain old telephone service (VDSL2oPOTS), 802.11n,
quality of service (QoS), firewall, antivirus protection, and Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
The Cisco 860 series, Cisco 880 series, and Cisco 890 series ISRs have a desktop form factor with
built-in wall-mount features. The Cisco 890 series ISRs also have optional rack-mount features. These
ISRs are powered by an external power supply adapter. The various models differ in the WAN interface
and features that they support.
Cisco 860 Series, Cisco 880 Series, and Cisco 890 Series Integrated Services Routers Hardware Installation Guide
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General Description, page 1-1
Cisco 860 Series ISRs, page 1-2
Cisco 880 Series ISRs, page 1-3
Cisco 890 Series ISRs, page 1-11
Hardware Features, page 1-13
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco 800 Series and
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