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Comprehensive Feature Set and Benefits
The Cisco 815 offers a broad set of features designed to allow businesses to maximize on their
investment and to easily deploy a business-class broadband solution. See Table 2 for features and
benefits.
Table 2. Cisco 815 Features and Benefits
Features Benefits
Hardware Features
DOCSIS 2.0-based cable
WAN interface
Provides standards-based, interoperable, high-speed data connectivity over HFC cable
interface with HWIC-CABLE-D-2.
Integrated 10/100Base-TX
port
Provides an alternate WAN link to supplement cable WAN.
Integrated 4-port
10/100BASE-T managed
switch
Fully managed LAN switch ports with Layer 2 VLAN traffic separation between LAN
segments.
Onboard hardware
encryption
Provides Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)
high-speed hardware encryption.
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Auxiliary port Allows for modem connection to the router, which can be configured and managed from a
remote location. Supports up to 115.2 Kbps. Dial backup available using external analog
modem.
Console port Allows for router configuration and management with a directly connected terminal or PC.
Kensington security lock Router can be secured to a desktop or other surface using Kensington lockdown
equipment.
Software Features
Full Cisco IOS Software
support, including
multiprotocol routing
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Provides robust, scalable, and feature-rich internetworking software support with
RIPv1/v2, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, PIM, IGMPv2, NAT, PAT, DHCP, and Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS) customer edge functions.
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Constitutes part of the Cisco end-to-end network solution.
Cisco QoS Offers support for advanced QoS features such as the Resource Reservation Protocol
(RSVP), Low-Latency Queuing (LLQ), Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ),
and IP Precedence, Policing, and Traffic Shaping to reduce recurring WAN costs and
improve performance.
DOCSIS-based QoS Provides 1 primary and 15 secondary flows for voice, video, and data applications over a
single HFC cable WAN connection.
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Supported only on Cisco 815-VPN Secure Broadband Cable Router.
