Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) vs. Cisco Routers

If you just need to do simple communication to Azure such as smb and rdp sessions then the Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series is overkill. If you need to setup multiple mesh vpn connections to existing ISRs and have complicated routing with multiple protocols then Cisco Cloud Services Router makes that setup much easier and less work to maintain and troubleshoot.

Incentivized

Cisco Routers are well suited when it comes to create a meshed VPN infrastructure with all your branch offices worldwide. You can easily configure the Cisco Routers with static VPN, DMVPN or SD-WAN, which is great. You can also use a Cisco Routers as a CUBE to establish a direct routing (voice) for MS Teams.

Incentivized

• Easy and available to download with a CCO account.
• Full-featured router platform.
• Can run as many instances as you have memory to handle.
• No issues so far running in VMWare player 14.0.

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• Helps to separate routing information for different networks for different customers.
• Helps peers with service providers and Customer Networks and starts the exchange of information between them.
• Helps facilitate internet connectivity for enterprise networks.
• Helps transferring Internet or Private Data from one place to another.

Incentivized

• More integration with the switching
• A dynamic approach for software updates
• More automation features and APIs

Incentivized

• Software-defined radios could be used so that both the radios could be converted into 5 GHz model to provide enhanced connectivity in network congestion scenarios.
• Support for low power IoT devices.
• Should provide more details about devices connected to the access points such as the risk score of the devices.
• Enhanced encryption algorithms and quick firmware upgrades.

Incentivized

We are extremely likely to renew, as we have been very happy with our Cisco Routers for over 10 years. Their uptime as well as stable nature makes them ideal for us, as we are an industry that cannot afford downtime. We trust our partner to recommend our next model Cisco, when the time comes.

Incentivized

Neither product supported all the protocols we needed to allow all of our locations to route. It does add some complications to the gateway and vnet setup though. Once we retired our ISRs we were able to go to Meraki vMX and the auto-vpn setup works rather well and is much simpler than IOS configs

Incentivized

The main reason to go with Cisco Routers is reliability. Other than that most engineers are certified to operate these routers. Other reasons are good technical support, quality community and familiarity/experience within the industry of networking. It is by default product to go with in many situations.

Incentivized

• As this is available on AWS workplace, it's easy to configure and implement
• Absolute worth for money, easy ROI
• With the Cisco global support model, this becomes very easy to configure and troubleshoot and becomes part of my overall asset list
• License management could be simplified and made more cost-effective

Incentivized

• Experience tells us that using Cisco products is always positive since the quality/price is very well distributed.
• They reduce energy costs and the consumption of resources, optimizing efficiency to the maximum
• The equipment is prepared so that all kinds of people can use them.
• They have higher levels of access and service. Its functionality is one of the best on the market, its unmatched response. Cisco routers provide fast access and hassle-free connectivity and are renowned for their performance.
• TAC's service is by far the best
• accessible configuration manuals

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