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ASA 5505 vs. ASA 5510 vs. ASA 5512-X vs. ASA 5515-X

Posted on May 23, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco prepared multiple Cisco ASA firewalls to fit your network of all sizes. ASA 5505 and ASA 5500-X Series (such as the ASA 5505, ASA 5510,ASA 5512-X, and ASA 5515-X) were designed for small and branch offices. To meet specific…

Power Supplies for the Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series

Posted on May 21, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

For the enterprise users who selected Cisco 4500-E series, choosing a suitable power supply is also important. Do you know the types of the power supplies for Cisco 4500E Series? Can you find out your power supply for your Cisco…

Supervisor Engine 6-E vs. Supervisor Engine 7-E vs. Supervisor Engine 8-E

Posted on May 20, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco 4500 Series switch, a kind of so smart network switch, offers a network solution (also so powerful and flexible) that can be built with eight supervisor engine alternatives: Supervisor 8E, Supervisor 7E, Supervisor 7LE, Supervisor 6E, Supervisor 6LE, Supervisor…

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E & Cisco 4500 Series Model Comparison

Posted on May 19, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Are you really familiar with this cool enterprise-class Catalyst 4500-E series? It is the enterprise-class switch that was designed for enterprise, public sector, mid-market, and commercial customers deploying business-critical applications. With forward and backward compatibility spanning multiple generations, the Cisco…

How to Start a Cisco Catalyst 1900 Series Ethernet Switch?

Posted on May 16, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Although some popular Cisco models are End of Sale and have been announced EoL, some Cisco users are stilling choosing them to set up networks for their offices, such as Cisco 1800 router, Cisco catalyst 1900, Cisco 2950 switch, Cisco…

Router-switch.com Offers Big Discount on Popular Cisco Products

Posted on May 13, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

As a trustworthy Cisco hardware supplier, router-switch.com is always providing original Cisco products at competitive price. Router-switch.com often proposes regular sales activities to thank its regulars and new clients. In summer season, everything is so hot: hot weather is around…

Cisco 3560X, Cisco 3750X to Cisco Catalyst 3850 & 3650 Switches

Posted on April 29, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco 3650 switch, like the new Cisco 3850 series, was designed to converge wired and wireless networking. Last year, Cisco unveiled the Catalyst 3650 switch that features line rate 24 and 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and an integrated wireless controller.…

Why Need MSFC Card?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“Why do we use MSFC Card? What are its benefits?” Many people usually put the question like this. What is the exact MSFC card and what is it used for? Here some discussion and experience from MSFC card users would…

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series-“Auto-Upgrade” Feature

Posted on April 24, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

If you need to introduce a new switch into an existing stack of 3850 switches, what would you do? Hmm, there are many ways. One typical example is to add a new Cisco 3850 switch to a stack successfully. So…

Network Design with Examples-Core and Distribution

Posted on April 21, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“I have 2 locations that are going to be connected by fiber to make the total endpoints around 300 users. I am thinking of recommending dual 6500’s at the core with 3850 switches backhauled by fiber to the Cisco 6500s…

Connect with Aironet 700W Series Access Points

Posted on April 17, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Aironet 700W Series Access Point is the latest addition to a comprehensive access point family, including 700 Series, 1600 Series, 2600 Series, as well as 3700 Series with 802.11ac standard. It is a wall mounted wireless and wired integrated platform, and the industry’s FIRST and…

New Cisco Aironet 2700 AP vs. AP3700

Posted on April 16, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The new Cisco AP2700 provides state of the art Gigabit Wi-Fi via the support of Wave 1 802.11ac at a very attractive price point for business environments…be it for Enterprises, Healthcare, K-12, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Warehouses, etc. The Cisco AP2700…

Cisco Aironet 2700 Series: High Density Experience and 802.11ac

Posted on April 11, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

On March 26, 2014, Cisco announced the launch of 802.11ac-enabled Cisco Aironet 2700 Series Access Point. The main attraction is that it supports the next-generation Wi-Fi standard (802.11ac) and customers to accelerate their path to Gigabit Wi-Fi that will be the…

Cisco 4451-X vs. Cisco 3945E vs. 3925E vs. Cisco 3945 vs. 3925 Router

Posted on April 10, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco 4451-X ISR is the new flagship router of the Cisco ISR family. It continues the feature-rich and high-reliability heritage of the ISR family with exceptional performance, services, and simplicity. It builds on the concept of the truly Application Experience…

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switch Family

Posted on April 8, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switch is a fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platform that delivers best-in-class scalability, simplified network virtualization, and integrated network services for space-constrained environments in campus networks. The Cisco Catalyst 4500-X simplifies network virtualization with support…

Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Review

Posted on April 4, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch, part of the Cisco Catalyst 6800 product family, is a highly scalable and manageable solution for user access offering up to 1008 (FCS) 10/100/1000 ports within a single management system when working with the Catalyst…

Need Cisco Inline Power, POE or the New POE+?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

PoE (the 802.3af standard) was a major improvement over early inline power solutions, with features like GigE compatibility and more power per port (15.4W, vs. 7W). PoE was extended to provide up to 30W per port of power to expand…

Cisco 10GbE Optics Modules & Optical Standards

Posted on March 21, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

There have been numerous different form factors and optics types introduced since 10 gigabit Ethernet has been launched years ago. XENPAKS, the oldest, is very popular as the install base is large, while the newest SFP+ offers a much smaller…

Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ Modules Overview

Posted on March 18, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ modules offer customers a wide variety of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options for data center, enterprise wiring closet, and service provider transport applications. Main features of Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ modules include: • Smallest 10G form factor…

Comparison of Cisco AP 2600 and Aironet 3600 Series

Posted on March 13, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco AP 3600 has a modular design that offers future protection with optional .11ac and security modules. The AP 2600 does not support optional modules. However, the Cisco AP 2600 does have a slightly higher antenna gain in the…

Cisco AP 3600 vs. Aironet 3500 Series

Posted on March 12, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco AP 3600i (internal antenna model) and the Cisco 3500 Series Access Point (AP 3500) are almost identical in physical appearance. To easily distinguish them, note that the LED for the AP 3500 is square, while the AP 3600i…

Cisco Aironet 1600/2600/3600 Series APs, Main Features and Comparison

Posted on March 10, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Most network users may have confusion that how to select an access point model. Pricing? Performance? Feature sets? Or anything else. With multiple product offerings in very similar technology space, customers are often confused with product differentiation that is almost…