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Connecting 1- and 2-Port Fast Ethernet High-Speed WAN Interface Cards to the Network

Revised: 04/20/2009, OL-12851-01

This guide describes how to connect Cisco 1- and 2-Port Fast Ethernet high-speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) to your network. It contains the following sections:

•Cisco 1- and 2-Port Fast Ethernet HWICs, page 1

•Connecting Fast Ethernet HWICs to a Network, page 4

•Related Documents, page 4

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines, page 5

Cisco 1- and 2-Port Fast Ethernet HWICs

The Cisco Fast Ethernet HWICs are single-wide interface cards, available as a 1-port HWIC (HWIC-1FE) and as a 2-port HWIC (HWIC-2FE), that provide Cisco modular and integrated services routers with additional line-rate Layer 3 routed ports. (See the “Fast Ethernet HWICs Supported Platforms” section on page 2.)

Fast Ethernet HWICs Standards

The Fast Ethernet HWICs are designed in accordance with IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet standards.

The following IEEE standards are also supported:

•802.1p

•802.1u

•802.1x

Fast Ethernet HWICs Restrictions

The following features are not supported on the Fast Ethernet HWICs:

•Cisco Interswitch Link (ISL) tagging

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