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Cisco Routers

Score9.1 out of 10

346 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco Routers?

Cisco routers support secure, reliable enterprise connections. These enterprise routers help users implement an intent-based, future-ready WAN that is constantly learning, adapting, and protecting. Deploy routers for the branch, cloud, co-location, or the data center with any type of connectivity, including MPLS, Internet, and 4G LTE.

With over 30 years of experience and an end-to-end portfolio, Cisco routing solutions can deliver for today’s networking needs. The vendor promises to help customers successfully manage technology transitions. Embedded security detects threats in mere hours instead of months. The vendor has studies how networks are consumed, applying those learnings to the new network.

About Cisco
Cisco routers deliver open, intent-based networking platform across the branch, WAN, and cloud. They provide end-to-end security, automation, and analytics with customer services and support.

Cisco Routers Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We consult and integrate all of Cisco's voice applications and contact center. Obviously, the routing application and the routing protocols are very important. Cisco has always been the leader in routing. With all the security embedded and everything we can put at the edge, whether it be CDP modules—and I go back a little bit to the ISR modules—it's always been the Swiss Army knife of that piece of hardware, which has been awesome to work with throughout my career.

Pros

  • Kind of the Swiss Army knife. The ability to put network modules in there that do CVP, intrusion prevention, and detection. It's just all the arrays, not just being a great router, but just kind of the ability to kind of plug and play everything you need with it. Again, also pushing applications toward the edge, whether it be security or call center queuing. That's where Cisco and how they've advanced call center voice has really pushed the envelope with your router line.

Cons

  • The interface has gotten better to use. We don't have to use green screen anymore, but honestly, I don't really have any complaints.

Return on Investment

  • A lot. It's also shaped my career, so I love it.

Other Software Used

Webex App

Usability

My router thoughts.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Primary uses are hub-and-spoke, encryption, and layer access.

Pros

  • Routing
  • Bandwidth
  • Connectivity

Cons

  • Licensing
  • Product support.
  • Assurance with bug resolved on the day of.
  • Direct API access with 3rd-party tools integration.

Return on Investment

  • First-gen devices have a hard time connecting with the Catalyst center.
  • Routers, once online and bug-free, tend to stay stable unless power is lost or WAN connectivity is disrupted.

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center, Splunk Enterprise, ACI Enterprise Payments Platform

Cisco Routers Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are an ISP so Cisco is at the core of our existence. We use Cisco routers for our core ring, edge, etc.

Pros

  • Overall uptime, rarely worry about a 10 year old router going down
  • Ease of use command line
  • Versatility

Cons

  • Licensing. Perpetual licenses for service providers
  • Being made in us to avoid tarrifs
  • Port diversity

Return on Investment

  • Negative is the upfront cost
  • Positive is sla compliance due to uptime
  • Versatile offering routers for at the edge as well as in the core network

Alternatives Considered

UniFi Cloud Gateways

Other Software Used

Netbox, LibreOffice

Cisco Routers

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Across the whole organization as edge routers in 2 different locations. They are used to aggregate the internet and provide redundancy to the internet edge. They also handle routing traffic between our external facing firewalls for dmz, pci and internal networks. HSRP is used between them on the back end.

Pros

  • BGP Routing
  • HSRP and IP Standby
  • Management
  • Packet Analysis
  • VPN Terminations

Cons

  • WEB UI
  • AAA Configuration
  • VTY Lines

Return on Investment

  • Good ROI
  • Long term use
  • Security Patches for years

Alternatives Considered

Juniper ACX Series Routers

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, OneNote, VMware vCenter

An amazing product

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Yes, they really make our network fast and efficient, connectivity takes a bit of a time, but in general it’s a very fast and smooth operation when deployed in our organization, and I have gotten faster responses when I have a vendor issue, and they get resolved immediately. We use Cisco for the whole organization

Pros

  • It route traffic
  • It’s also has great and faster connectivity with edge router
  • It segments our network

Cons

  • Network devices
  • More Access point coverage
  • Vendor management

Return on Investment

  • It’s great
  • It’s does work efficiently
  • Connectivity is great