Router for 5 internet broadband connections

[sergiopozon]

Hello,

At the moment, we are using an Ubuntu machine to connect our intranet to the internet with 4 fibre broadband connections. 1 of them connect to one sub-network and the other 3 connects another sub-network using software load-balancing (and will probably add a fourth connection). With the connections to the internal switches, now we have 9 ethernet connections (using a layer 3 switch, we expect to reduce it to 5 or 6)

We want to change this computer with a router, but aren´t sure if this config can be ported to a 1941 model, using one EHWIC card and several SVI to mimic it. Also, we need support for site2site Ikev2 tunneling protocol, but I think that it is supported since IOS 15.1.1T.

Any help is appreciated.

Best regards.

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

It appears that 1900 has reached end-of life and end-of- sale support. 

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/1900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/eos-eol-notice-listing.html

I would look at the 2900 series.  A 2911 router with an Ethernet module should be able to provide you the number of connections you need.

see table-6 in this link:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/4000-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/datasheet-c78-730357.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/2900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/relevant-interfaces-and-modules.html#esm

HTH

[sergiopozon]

There is availability of 1941 model in a local supplier. I´ve just checked and also has 2901 and 2911 models. Why should I choose 2911? Any of them give us enough ports. 24 ports looks overkill, but if it has other advantages, it is an option.

I also guess that is better to use routed ports than SVI, but If the funcionality is the same, it is enough.

What do you think?

[Reza Sharifi · Accepted solution]

If you can get a 1941, that should be fine.

2901 does not support switch modules but 2911 supports one module (24 ports). Also, for routed ports, the 2911 comes with 3 10/100/1000 routed ports but 1941 comes with 2.

HTH

[sergiopozon]

Yes, with any of them we would need to use SVI, so I will look for other differences than can make a difference in the future and let the boss decide.

Thank you very much.