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What is difference between 2821 and 2811 router for VoIP lab?

eigrpy
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Hi I want to set up a VoIP lab. But I want to replace router 2821 with 2811. If so, what function I will lose? Thank you

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Manish Gogna
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

In terms of voice features there is basically no difference between these two. You can check their datasheets or comparison charts like below for details

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/2800-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/models-comparison.html

Manish

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If its CME or SRST you will find a difference in the number of phones you can support.

Please rate the post Shibly Ibrahim

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Manish Gogna
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

In terms of voice features there is basically no difference between these two. You can check their datasheets or comparison charts like below for details

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/2800-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/models-comparison.html

Manish

If its CME or SRST you will find a difference in the number of phones you can support.

Please rate the post Shibly Ibrahim

Thank you so much for your reply. 

You can check their datasheets or comparison charts like below for details

It looks like the the data sheet shows 2821 has 3 Onboard DSP Slots, and 2811 has 2

What is Onboard DSP Slots?

Ryan Huff
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