Additional RJ45 Port Required on Cisco 1941 ISR

[Anup Sasikumar]

HI Experts ,

One of branch locations has a Cisco 1941 Router . The port details are as follows

Gi0/0 - ISP line

Gi0/1 - Inside Network ( To a 2960 Switch)

Now they have procurred another line from ISP through which  MPLS based VPN to the Main location is configured.

What are the options I have , to terminate it on the Router ? As all the On board LAN ports are filled I guess I wont be able to do anything with the current setup .

Are Switching modules available ?

What is the Embedded-Service-Engine0/0 port that I see on #sh ip int b output ?

Please help !

Many Thanks ,

Anup

[Abzal · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I think you can add additional HWIC module with 1 or 2 FastEthernet routed ports. But you need minimum IOS 15.0(1)M IPbase version to support it.
Here is a link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5854/product_data_sheet0900aecd80581fe6_ps5855_Products_Data_Sheet.html



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[Anup Sasikumar]

Thanks for your response, Abzal

This is the show version output on the Branch 1941 Router

Cisco IOS Software, C1900 Software (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.1(4)M3, REL

EASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (coffee) 1986-2011 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Tue 06-Dec-11 16:02 by prod_rel_team

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.0(1r)M15, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Riyadh_Router uptime is 6 weeks, 4 days, 23 hours, 12 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System restarted at 18:04:41 UTC Tue Oct 2 2012

System image file is "flash0:c1900-universalk9-mz.SPA.151-4.M3.bin"

Last reload type: Normal Reload

So Can I go for that HWIC module and it would work fine right ?

Please correct me if I am wrong, I guess this the second generation default IOS image with k9 Services.Is that right ?

Thanks ,

Anup

[Abzal]

Yes, your Cisco IOS version is compatible with module. You have two options here. You can either HWIC-1FE with 1 FastEthernet or HWIC-2FE with 2 FE routed/switched ports.

Hope it will help.

[Anup Sasikumar]

Yes , It was much helpful indeed !

Could you also help me with what this " Embedded-Service-Engine0/0" means ?

Many Thanks,

Anup