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MANAGEABLE, SCALABLE, AND RELIABLE ACCESS
The Cisco 836 router uses valuable management and deployment tools to deliver the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership for connecting small
remote offices and teleworkers to the corporate network. As a remotely manageable platform, the Cisco 836 router supports advanced remote
troubleshooting commands available in Cisco IOS Software; out-of-band management through an ISDN port; and Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol for
secure in-band management via Telnet.
For scalability in deployment and management, the Cisco Router Web SetUp Tool (CRWS), available in several languages, allows nontechnical
users to quickly set up the router and turn on key features such as the stateful firewall. Cisco provides a suite of solutions—such as Cisco Easy VPN,
the Cisco IE 2100 Intelligence Engine, Cisco VPN Solution Center (VPNSC), CiscoWorks Management Center for VPN Routers (Router MC), and
Cisco Configuration Express—that allow for scalable network deployment and management, including automated security policy push and
configuration updates.
For reliable access, the ISDN port provides ISDN dial backup and out-of-band management. The Cisco 836 router runs Cisco IOS Software, the
industry-proven software that has become the standard for reliable business access.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Table 1. Key Product Features and Benefits
Features Benefits
Advanced Security and Performance for Enterprise-Class VPNs
Stateful-inspection firewall
• Offers internal users secure, per-application dynamic access control (stateful
inspection) for all traffic across perimeters
• Defends and protects router resources against denial-of-service (DoS) attacks
• Provides context-based access control (CBAC)
• Checks packet headers and drops suspicious packets
• Protects against unidentified, malicious Java applets
• Details transactions for reporting on a per-application, per-feature basis
Network security features with Cisco IOS Software,
including access control lists (ACLs), Network Address
Translation/Port Address Translation (NAT/PAT), Lock
& Key security, dynamic ACLs, and router and route
authentication
Provides perimeter network security to prevent unauthorized network access
Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS)* Detects and prevents DoS attacks and unauthorized network access; sends alerts
to initiate appropriate action
Hardware-accelerated IPSec 3DES encryption
• Delivers high-performance IPSec VPN encryption for broadband connections
• Supports Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and IPSec VPN standards for up to 10
simultaneous tunnels
• Provides WAN encryption for all users on the LAN without requiring the
configuration of individual PCs
AES encryption* AES support provides impenetrable security to the IPSec sessions
Cisco Easy VPN Remote Provides easy deployment and maintenance of VPN connections with auto-IPSec
tunnel initiation and policy push from a Cisco VPN concentrator or server
