Chapter 1 Product Overview

Router Overview

Table 1-1 Summary of Cisco 836 and Cisco SOHO 96 Routers Features (continued)

Feature

Description

 

 

IPSec hardware

Only the Cisco 836 router supports this feature. The Hifn 7902 security

accelerator

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.

 

 

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 1-1and Figure 1-2show the front panels of Cisco 836 router and the

Cisco SOHO 96 router, respectively.

Figure 1-1 Cisco 836 Front Panel

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CD

RXD

 

ADSL

TXD

1

CH1

CH2

 

ISDN

 

 

1

2

3

4

RXD

 

 

 

TXD

 

 

 

 

 

ETHERNET

 

 

CISCO 800

SERIES

 

82713

 

 

Cisco 836 Router and SOHO 96 Router Hardware Installation Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

78-15281-02

 

 

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Cisco Systems 96 manual Router Overview, Front Panels

96 specifications

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