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Cisco 836 Router and SOHO 96 Router Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Product Overview
Router Overview
Router Overview
The following section shows the front and back panels of the Cisco 836 router and
the Cisco SOHO 96 router. The Cisco 836 router and the Cisco SOHO 96 router
each have four Ethernet ports.

Front Panels

Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 show the front panels of Cisco836 router and the
Cisco SOHO 96 router, respectively.
Figure 1-1 Cisco 836 Front Panel
IPSec hardware
accelerator
Only the Cisco 836 router supports this feature. The Hifn 7902 security
processor implements symmetric key encryption, public key encryption,
authentication, and data compression in hardware. Algorithms
implemented by the processor include Data Encryption Standard (DES)
and Triple DES (3DES); Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1), Message
Digest 5 (MD5), Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC); and
Lempel-Ziv-Stac (LZS) compression and Microsoft Point-to-Point
Compression (MPPC).
Wall-mounting brackets Mount the router on a wall or other vertical surface.
Table1-1 Summary of Cisco 836 and Cisco SOHO 96 Routers Features (continued)
Feature Description
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ADSL
ISDN
ETHERNET
CD RXD TXD
CISCO 800
SERIES
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1
CH2
CH1
1
TXD
RXD
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