Our company recently merged with two other companys. Each company has it's own WAN. I would like to install a router in each headquarters to connect the three company's together. Users could then logon to their server and access Exchange and the Interent. I'm not interested in doing any voice over IP at this time. We are also planning on connecting the three headquarters via frame relay. I'm new to Cisco routers. Which model would work the best in this situation. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreaciate them. Thanks!
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Cisco Router Configuration
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If your looking for a small frame-relay WAN connection you could get three 1720 Cisco Routers, or three 1600 routers . The big difference is that the 1720 have a 100 base-T and the 1600 have a 10 base-T ethernet connection . Make 1 a host an the others a remote . The programming is really easy , although you might have to change the Lan IP's around if they duplicate .
Note: Make sure you order three csu/dsu wic cards for the routers if they are not already installed . This would eliminate you having to buy extra equipment . If your needing some more information you can visit .
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Note: Make sure you order three csu/dsu wic cards for the routers if they are not already installed . This would eliminate you having to buy extra equipment . If your needing some more information you can visit .
Good Luck !!!
A minor correction: the biggest difference between the 1600 and 1700 line is the CPU performance. Also, the 1720 comes with no interfaces beyond the single ethernet, which the 160x comes with two interfaces (my preference is the 1605R with a T1 WIC as it comes with two ethernet ports and one could be used with a cablemodem or ADSL modem down the road, whereas you can't buy an ethernet WIC for the 1600 or 1700 lines... but each design has it's own needs).
When talking about WAN speeds, what the difference between a 10mbit vs. 100mbit for an ethernet port? A T1 is at best 1.5mbit, so even if you had either router maxed at two T1s, you're still only running 3mbit, or less than a third the capacity of 10mbit.
When talking about WAN speeds, what the difference between a 10mbit vs. 100mbit for an ethernet port? A T1 is at best 1.5mbit, so even if you had either router maxed at two T1s, you're still only running 3mbit, or less than a third the capacity of 10mbit.
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