Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers vs. Cisco vEdge Routers

My company is not so big to test the router on its highest limits. I can tell only that it works great and does not ask us for unexpected maintenance, service or unpleasant surprises. It works perfect and makes it's job the best.

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Cisco vEdge Routers can be useful for customers who have many branches and need more than one WAN link. It is also useful for customers who want to reduce the cost that is associated with MPLS utilization. SDWAN technology is for customers who need it all. Although other vendors have the same product or technology, Cisco is still better because of the support from their expert engineers.

• Partakes minimal disruptions under mobility while in use by technicians.
• Has high bandwidths
• The routers are secure from multiple network attacks.

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• Nice design to fit in well with your modern network cabinet.
• Plethora of available ports and port types.
• Cutting edge security when paired with Cisco umbrella.

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• Programming can be complicated for new users
• An easier VPN setup would be a good value add to this product
• PoE for IP Phones requires an add-on daughter card
• The daughter card add expense and requires that the 800 series unit be opened to install card

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• Need to be familiarized with the configuration.
• Need more time to be hands on with the GUI.

We are already looking at more purchases

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My experience is that there is always something that proves to be just a bit tedious to get figured out but once you do it is easily duplicated

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Cisco routers can be configure and forgotten unless you are adding to the configuration or on the rare troubleshooting event.

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Cisco routers can be configure and forgotten unless you are adding to the configuration or on the rare troubleshooting event.

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People have bad days and some things are deemed not critical enough to fix.

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My training was through a third party that had good knowledge but wasn't able to answer all of my questions.

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The more you can plan in advance the easier the deployment will be.

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The Cisco 800 Series Industrial ISR routers have proven to be more reliable than the standard ISR routers within moving vehicles.

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Not every router can handle all situations and so you have to purchase the upgrade to do handle the new requirements.

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• 800 Series units are a great value for very small sites
• The 800 series have allowed us to be agile in the opening of sites quickly in under-served rural areas.
• The only downside is having to renew the support every few years.

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• Keeping hackers and malicious code out of your network is a major positive.
• We've been able to reduce security incidents, thus saving us time.
• ROI is high on this product, as you can reduce the amount of devices at a site.

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