Cisco Systems 1005 manual Overview of the Cisco, Features

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Overview of the Cisco 1005

The Cisco 1005 router is a small desktop router that links small remote sites with Ethernet LANs to regional and central offices through WAN connections.

Features

The router includes the following features:

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One Ethernet 10BaseT port (RJ-45)

One console port (RJ-45)

One serial port (DB-60) that supports the following types of WAN communications:

—Permanent and switched synchronous WAN links at speeds up to 2.048 Mbps

—EIA/TIA-232 asynchronous WAN links at speeds up to 115.2 kbps

•One slot for an optional Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) Flash memory card

•Software boot using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) over an Ethernet LAN connection or by using the optional Flash memory card

•Internet Protocol (IP), Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX), and AppleTalk routing

•Transparent bridging, which supports protocols that cannot be routed

•Support for the following WAN encapsulations: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), Link Access Procedure Balanced (LAPB), Frame Relay, Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS), and X.25

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