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Comprehensive Feature Set and Benefits
The Cisco 1760 router offers a broad feature set designed to allow businesses not only to attain maximum benefit
on their investment but also to easily deploy e-business and voice solutions.
The following tables andfigures provide details onthe Cisco 1760 router features.Table 3 givesa comprehensive list
of featuresand benefits, andTable4 gives informationon the physicalarchitecture of theCisco 1760 router. Physical
interfaces, including WAN support, voice interface cards, and memory are delineated in Tables 5 through 7. The
modular slots and router appearance are detailed in Figure 4.
Table 3 Benefits and Features of Cisco 1760 Modular Access Router
Benefits Features
Cisco IOS Software support
• Provides the industry’s most robust, scalable, and
feature-rich internetworking software support
• Uses the industry-accepted standard networking
software for the Internet and private WANs
• Improves network reliability and enables scalability
to large networks
• Offers part of the Cisco end-to-end network solution
• Offers multiprotocol routing (IP, IPX,AppleTalk, IBM/SNA)
and bridging
• Dial-on-demand routing
• Dual-bank Flash memory
• Scalable routing protocols such as OSPF
1
, EIGRP
2
, and
HSRP
3
Voice
Integrated voice and data networking
• Reduces long-distance toll charges because data
network carries interoffice voice and fax traffic
• Provides easy deployment of IP telephony solutions
• Eliminates the need for costly phone-equipment
upgrade
• Allows expandability to support additional voice
channels
• Enables unified messaging
• Offers integrated voice and data networking
• Cisco 1760 Router chassis accepts both WICs and VICs
• Supports IP telephony
• Works with existing handsets, key units, and PBXs
• Provides dual DSP slots
Voice support
• Transmits data, voice, and video across a single IP
network
• Supports VoIP and VoFR
4
(FRF.11)
• Supports SRST
5
Gateway signaling
• Connects to H.323 networks and devices
• Provides open standards-based voice signaling
• Supports H.323 Versions 1 and 2
• Supports SIP
6
version 2.0 and MGCP
7
Version 1.0
Codec
8
support
• Interoperates with a range of CPE
9
• Supports various compression algorithms
• Supports G.711
• Supports G.723
• Supports G.726
• Supports G.728
• Supports G.729 (interoperates with G.729a)
• Supports G.729.b (interoperates with G.729ab)
