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Cisco 860 Series, Cisco 880 Series, and Cisco 890 Series Integrated Services Routers Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
General Description

General Description

The Cisco 860 series, Cisco 880 series, and Cisco 890 series ISRs provide data, voice, Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED™ wireless access point (AP), integrated Virtual Private Network (VPN), and backup
capabilities to corporate teleworkers and to remote and small offices with fewer than 20 users. These
routers are capable of bridging and multiprotocol routing between LAN and WAN ports. The routers
provide advanced features, such as high speed DSL (G.SHDSL, ADSL, or VDSL), 802.11n, quality of
service (QoS), firewall, antivirus protection, and Secure Socket Layer (SSL). The Cisco 860VAE, 886VA
and 887VA series routers have the additional capability of DSL Multi-mode (VDSL/ADSL).
The Cisco 860 series, Cisco 880 series, and Cisco 890 series ISRs have a desktop form factor with
built-in wall-mount features. The Cisco 890 series ISRs also have optional rack-mount features. These
ISRs are powered by an external power supply adapter. The various models differ in the WAN interface
and features that they support.

Cisco 860 Series ISRs

The Cisco 860 series ISRs are fixed-configuration data routers that support the following features:
An integrated 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch for connecting to the LAN
A10/100 Fast Ethernet (FE) port for connecting to the WAN.
Optional, embedded Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, 802.11b/g/n-compliant wireless AP
Figure 1-1 shows the front panel details of the Cisco 860 wireless router.
Figure 1-1 Front Panel of the Cisco 860 Series Wireless ISR
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