The Cisco 1811 routers are focused on Ethernet access and are designed to be offered as customer premises equipment (CPE) in Metro Ethernet deployments. Because of their high-speed performance and dual Fast Ethernet WAN ports, they can support the high-bandwidth demands of Metro Ethernet and provide failover protection and load balancing if desired.

The Cisco 1811 Integrated Services Router provides:

• Secure broadband access with concurrent services for branch and small offices
• Integrated ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI), analog modem, or Ethernet backup port for redundant WAN links and load balancing
• LAN Switching with optional inline POE
• Secure wireless LAN for simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g operation with use of multiple antennas
• Advanced security including:
  • Stateful Inspection Firewall
  • IP Security (IPSec) VPNs (Triple Data Encryption Standard [3DES] or Advanced Encryption Standard [AES])
  • Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) and Easy VPN
  • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
  • Antivirus support through Network Admission Control (NAC) and enforcement of secure access policies