Well for whatever you have stated,what you need is redundancy/multihoming with 2 providers which means doing bgp on your network.For this,1841 is still good.But talk of 2800,then your are good to go and it take care of all the needs you stated earlier and more,so if your budget allows for a 2800,please have no other thought.

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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Net Net <bgp.peers@gmail.com> wrote:
Let us start with 1841--Very good router for a not so big office.It si an Intergrated Services Router(ISR) meaning supports several services,esp a modular one is vwey good for expansion purposes for u can use it for voice i.e as a callmanager instead of installing a legacy PABX,u can add a wireless module for the LAN. You can add a 3G module if your WAN is on a 3G platform,you can upgrade your IOS to an advanced security bundle,you can add IPS module  for secutiry....I mean the router is goood and scalable.
 

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:10 AM, George Njoroge <themburu@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Net Net <bgp.peers@gmail.com> wrote:
If you dont need info from Cisco site,then post here your requirements/what you want to archieve and you will get quite good info


On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:37 PM, francis kamau <kfransys@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi George

FAQ on 1841:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5853/prod_qas0900aecd80181208.html

regards
the father



On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:08 PM, lydiah ndirangu <lyndirangu22@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5853/index.html


i hope this will help!


On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:54 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
 
 
@George. consider these : cpu, memory and pps.



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Good Question Net Net

I need to expand/scale my network for that I need adequate information on particular devices. What I also need to consider are network requirements for this design ie WANs , VPNs, remote access, Access Policies, Distribusion , Security etc. and mostly adapt to change or growth.


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Hey Net Net

True 1841 is an ISR rtr but used for small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Im hoping to eventually have two ISP's for my server network such that if one ISP is down the other is active but thats a long term plan.
I need a rtr soonest but I dont need to buy one then find that I need to replace it in 5 months due to expansion needs hence I was finding abt the 1841 - so are the 2800 ISR series the next above the 1800 series?
Also besides the earlier outlined factors for network expansion design are there additional factors you would consider.

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