Class Activity - Branching Out

Objective
Describe WAN access technologies available to small-to-medium-sized business networks.

Scenario
Your medium-sized company is opening a new branch office to serve a wider, client-based network. This
branch will focus on regular, day-to-day network operations, but will also provide TelePresence, web
conferencing, IP telephony, video on demand, and wireless services.
Although you know that an ISP can provide WAN routers and switches to accommodate the branch office
connectivity for the network, you prefer to use your own customer premises equipment (CPE). To ensure
interoperability, Cisco devices have been used in all other branch-office WANs.
As the branch-office network administrator, it is your responsibility to research possible network devices for
purchase and use over the WAN.

Resources
 Internet

Step 1: New Branch Routers

a. Visit the Cisco Enterprise Router Selector site.
b. Select I need guidance tab.
c. Select Branch routers for question 1.
d. Select New Router for question 2.
e. Answer the rest of the questions until you have answered the rest of the questions.
f. Select the recommended routers and click Compare to learn more details about them. If there is only
one, you can find out more information about the router series.
g. Fill out the relevant information in the table below.

Step 2:

Branch
Router Form Size Additional
Model Wireless Factor (S/M/L) Modular Switchports Information
EPA modules
Enhanced services modules
ISR 4221 Network interface modules
16
RACK VS
YES DESKTOP S SPA modules

ISR 4321
NO RACK S 16

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EPA modules
Enhanced services
modules
Network interface
ISR 4351 modules
YES RACK M SPA modules 24
ISR 4431
NO RACK L 24

Step 3: Upgrade Branch Routers

a. Navigate to the Cisco Enterprise Router Selector site.
b. Select I need guidance tab.
c. Select Upgrade for question 1.
d. Select Cisco 1900 Series for question 2 as an example.
e. Answer the rest of the questions until you have answered the rest of the questions. If there is only one,
you can find out more information about the router series.
f. Select the recommended routers and click Compare to learn more details about them.

Router Form Branch Size

Model Wireless Factor (S/M/L) Modular Switchports Additional Information

1905 D S End of live

Modular
interfaces
offer
increased
1941/k9 Yes RACK M bandwidth 2
1921 Yes Rack M 2 End of live

Reflection
Now that you have compared a few branch routers, which routers would you recommend to the company?
Please also explain your choices.
 According to the needs of the company, which is growing and requires more simultaneous wan
services, a router that has services dedicated to wan connections is required to optimize and manage
resources in the best way. The equipment that is scalable, has support and add-ons for such
corporate management is the 1941 router.

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