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When building high-performance and reliable networks, the Cisco 1720 wired router is an ideal choice in providing a scalable, cost-effective solution for your business. It offers flexibility, enterprise-class digital subscriber line services, and traffic management expressly designed to help you reap the productivity benefits of e-commerce applications. Most modern Cisco routers, including this model, also come with robust security policies that protect your business’s privacy and data’s integrity when trying to access the Internet, extranet, and intranet services. These security measures are implemented through an advanced firewall and virtual private networks (VPNs). This Cisco router gives you access to a wide array of powerful features to ensure maximum profitability and efficiency in your workplace. This device enables a broad set of wide area network (WAN) options through its modular architecture. By providing investment protection and versatility, this modular approach enables your information technology infrastructure to easily adapt and meet increasing business demands and future technologies. This scalable solution is ideal for organizations with commercial expansions in mind. Your networking topology seamlessly grows alongside your business with the 1720 router. Defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.1Q standard, this Cisco router is capable of inter-virtual local area network (VLAN) routing. You can easily deploy multiple VLANs within your internal system for enhanced protection. Combined with the powerful Cisco IOS software, which is the industry software standard for online operations, VLAN support is incorporated in all Cisco IOS feature sets. The Cisco IOS software facilitates better traffic control by implementing traffic prioritization strategies by user or service. These policies eliminate delays and unwanted interruptions while you carry out mission-critical business operations or access time-sensitive applications. Suitable for small and mid-range businesses and enterprising small branch offices, Cisco delivers end-to-end VPN solutions with the 1720 router. VPN functionality gives you safe online access when linking remote users, corporate partners and office branches using a WAN structure. VPN paves the way for high resource availability, reliability, and added security to safeguard your system against malicious attacks, unauthorized access, and other online threats. The Cisco 1720 modular router comes with a single auto-sensing 10/100 fast Ethernet port that delivers data transmission speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. Cisco also includes two WAN interface card (WIC) slots for Ethernet configurations, which enables support for embedded services digital networks, frame relay, wireless connection, asymmetric digital subscriber line, and switched multimegabit data service. With the integration of these interface cards in the 1720 router, the costs for maintaining your inventory is significantly reduced. You can also save on training costs for your support staff and have investment protection through reuse on different platforms. Other key features of this Cisco router include a reduced instruction set computer processor that provides broadband services, data encryption and optimal performance, one console interface, one auxiliary port, one internal expansion slot for hardware-assisted VPN encryption cards, and enhanced quality of service. Available in a desktop design, this sleek and compact Cisco router conserves space in any office setup. For reliable connectivity, ease of deployment, and long-lasting performance, the 1720 modular wired router is the right fit for your business to thrive.