2811 enough power?

baracus

I need to pick up a router for a hub location which has 5 t1's coming into it. (1 frame and 2 multilinks)....possibly 2 more in the future. Will the 2811 be the lowest cost router that will sufficiently handle the job? I know I can put 5 2WIC cards in it for 10 t1 ports (4 WIC slots and 1 NM), but will there be performance problems? Other recommendations?

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5881/index.html


Thanks,

mikej412

baracus wrote:

will there be performance problems?

Possibly.

Check out Table 1 for recommended performance levels for the Cisco 2800 Series.

Of course it depends on your traffic and usage, so it could work -- if you're lucky. You also could start off with one 2811 and add more if performance lags (and your router starts to glows red). Or you could kick it up on the 2800 food chain to start with and see what happens from there.

But you may just want to check out the 3800 series routers to be safe. Compare your pricing and see if one 3800 beats possibly having to get multiple 2800s.

marlon23

If you want to run concurent services (Firewall, IPS, CME, Encrypted VPN, QoS,.. - value of ISR routers), I would recomend 2851 as minimal ISR to handle the job. Ideally 38xy to accomodate future growth. I dont recomend to go with multiple 28xy routers as it adds complexity and managment overheat (= headaches).

baracus

went w/ a 2821 which should do the job. It is absolutely amazing how much a memory upgrade on these routers is!!


Thanks for the help