Category: Cisco Routes

Linksys brings new E-Series of routers

Cisco’s Linksys intends to offer a new range of E-Series routers to the masses, so if you’re currently in the market looking for one, you might want to start directing your resources as well as research time their way. This new family of routers and switches do seem to be pretty capable on paper, comprising of five routers that are all capable of handle data transfers which approaching 450Mbps (in theory, of coourse). Not only that, they come with a 3×3 spatial stream configuration that will deliver improved coverage, external power amplifiers to maintain signal strength across a longer distance while making sure dead spots are reduced, and virtual USB technology whcih allows one to connect to USB printers, storage and compatible devices over the network. Linksys intends to ship these puppies in the near future to the masses from $59.99 all the way to $179.99 depending on the model, with the most expensive among them sporting dual-band 802.11 and the fastest transfer support

The E3200 and E2500 both support simultaneous 2.4/5.0 GHz use as well, with the E3200 having 2×3 and the E2500 having 2×2 antennas. Only the E3200 gets gigabit ethernet and a USB port; the E2500 makes do with four 10/100 ports. The E1500 and E1200 bring up the rear, finally, with single 2.4GHz support and four 10/100 ethernet. Full specs in the gallery below.

Prices of the switches, meanwhile, range from $29.99 to $74.99. The cheapest is the SE1500, with five 10/100 ports, while the SE2500 has five gigabit ports and the SE2800 has eight gigabit ports. Again, specs in the gallery below. All new models are available from today.

Cisco Linksys gear targets boom in home use of 802.11n wireless nets

Cisco has announced a series of routers and switches designed to cope with the explosion of home networked devices, from smartphones to desktops to Internet-enabled televisions.

Cisco says that the market for wireless routers at home, especially 802.11n gear, is ripe for expansion. It cites a November report by IDC found that only 39% of U.S. households have wireless, and only 11% use 802.11n devices. Adoption of 802.11n is expected to nearly double over the next five years, as home users purchase and install Wi-Fi based devices, including smart phones, tablet computers and Internet-enabled televisions, Cisco says.

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The new E-Series routers include the E1200 $ 60 entry-level (replacing the E1000), the $ 80 E1500, the E2500 $ 100 (simultaneous dual-band) and the E3200 $ 160 (home entertainment, motor .) At the high end of Cisco’s most widely distributed of the E4200 $ 180, which was announced in January.

Cisco also announced three new switches – the SE1500 $ 30 provides five 10/100 ports, the $ 55 SE2500 features five Gigabit Ethernet ports, and $ 75 SE2800 offers eight additional Gigabit Ethernet ports. The switches provide QoS for traffic prioritization, and auto-sensing ports “sleep mode” power saving options (for both high-end switches).

new crop of Cisco routers include IPv6 yet, but Cisco promises that a free firmware update will be available by fall. IPv6 Cisco had promised to ship in April, the high-end E4200 launched in January, and the company reiterated that the promise of the World Wide Web last week.

As for the rest of routers, the availability of firmware updates trickle, “said Scott Kabat, director of marketing for Cisco Consumer Products. The firmware update will install automatically, but requires the user to manually activate the open management software. Cisco has not yet revealed whether the firmware updates that include IPv6 will be made available to any router introduced before 2011.

Like the router E4200, the E3200 includes a USB port to connect an external hard drive, creating a storage device connected to the network that operates through the router. The E3200 also supports virtual USB option, which allows the ability to connect USB printers over the network. However, Cisco says this may require a software / firmware update, scheduled for the summer.

Each of the new Cisco routers also includes the Connect software, which aims to make installation easier and router support parental controls that include access to the time of day and domain blocking. It also allows configuration of network-independent access assessment for visitors.

Revamped Cisco routers offer more choices

Cisco is developing enhancements to its edge routers that are designed to help corporate customers support and support for multiple services such as Ethernet, Frame Relay, ATM and broadband aggregation, through a wider range of platforms.

The company says that the common features that cross the lines of software for Cisco 7200, 7600, 10000 and 12000 allow users to support services routers with different configurations and densities rather than having to rely on a specific model for service specific.

The improvements, which will run for the next nine months, comes at a time when the company 20 years of age, facing perhaps the greatest challenge to its core technology: routing. Cisco lost significant market share in carrier routing core in the third quarter, and has even tried to navigate through a profound transition of new router product to support higher-base line, the CRS-1, and new operating system. Meanwhile, Cisco is fighting against new competition or a new momentum in corporate markets and Asia, Juniper and Huawei Technologies.

“While Cisco is in this transition, they remain vulnerable,” says Mark Seery, an analyst at RHK. “There has never been a better time to attack Cisco, especially in the service provider market. However, if Cisco gets through this technology gap, its position is very strong.”

Cisco was stingy on the details of future improvements, discussed last week during the company’s analyst conference per year. But the 7200, which serves as a large office or aggregator companies, see IPSec VPN and other security extensions in a couple of versions of software, said Mike Volpi, Cisco senior vice president in the routing technology group.

The 7600, which is used in enterprise networks and carrier, inherit the VPN 7200 has increased a smaller chassis for lower density requirements, and software updates that improve high availability features. Cisco also plans to increase the performance of the router and revealing the line cards to improve carrying capacity of the border.

Cisco is preparing a new generation of its 10000 series routers, which are used in carrier networks. Volpi says he expects the enhanced features of broadband aggregation and increased capacity. Cisco also released software updates to provide a common release cycle to better align the router leased line and broadband aggregation features.

Cisco Linksys routers still don’t support IPv6

It is difficult to understand why Cisco has not added IPv6 to its Linksys consumer routers yet, but the company is committed to supporting arrive this spring.

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It is 2011, the IPv4 addresses are officially sold out, and the world’s largest maker of routers, Cisco is not yet compatible with IPv6 in its best-selling line of Linksys wireless routers. This is true even for the router E4200 released last month (priced at $ 180). The company is committed to having IPv6 support for the Linksys line for spring, but has not been determined.

The networking world has been aware of the shortage of IPv4 addresses for years. Cisco’s competitors, D-Link and Netgear, for example, have been offering consumer certificates IPv6 routers for a while. Cisco routers support IPv6 company (of course) and have also been certified by the IPv6 Forum. Cisco has been involved in the IPv6 world day trial last year, even started to eat their own dog food IPv6, IPv6 serve content through its Web site www.ipv6.cisco.com. Heck, PC customers have had IPv6 support as an optional extra, since Windows XP SP2 and default from Vista. Mac OS has supported IPv6 since 2004.

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Updated: Cisco did not immediately address these issues, but offered this official statement:

“IPv6 is essential for next-generation Internet, enabling a range of new services and improved user experiences. As ISPs begin deployment of IPv6 services to its customers, consumers will need new routers and gateways that support IPv6 to participate in this next generation Internet. Later this spring, Cisco will begin to enable IPv6 on its entire line of consumer routers including the Linksys maximum performance E4200 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router. It is essential that consumers start to search for products and devices that support IPv6. Cisco has been and remains a leader in the development of IPv6 so that consumers can be sure that Cisco’s products offer superior performance of current first-line and provide a basis for the future. ”

After reading the statement he asked if Cisco’s words, “consumers will have new routers and gateways that support IPv6” meant that Cisco is going to require their customers to buy new routers with IPv6 support in routers available. We again asked whether there was any way for those who have recently bought new Cisco routers get when deploying IPv6, and if the routers of owning older also offer support for IPv6.

Update: We’ve received no response. After waiting three days for a response, Cisco, finally told us: “The E4200 has just launched Linksys and Linksys routers that will be launched this year -. IPv6 support out of the box or through a firmware update (free) “Cisco has not shared information on whether current users of Linksys routers will provide an update of the routers they already own.

When we asked questions similar Netgear, a company spokesperson told us: “Most of today not only Netgear routers support IPv6, but are also certified. We are working on IPv6 support for all our current shipping and routers will be available to customers in the form of a firmware update. “

Rootkit đe dọa các router Cisco

Cisco and the security community are debating the reality of rootkits Attacking the Cisco’s Internetwork Operating System (IOS) after a researcher presented a proof of concept attack, mà threatens Cisco routers and voice over IP phones.

EUSecWest at the conference in London, Core Security researcher Sebastian Muniz presented a proof of concept attack he mà tên the “Da IOS Rootkit”, a binary modification to the IOS image.

“The main feature of Da IOS Rootkit is the universal password,” Muniz said in an interview on the Web site EUSecWest. “Every call to the password validation routines khác grant access to the user if the unique rootkit password is specified.”
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