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Cisco C1111-8PLTEEAWE Router
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User rating
1
4.0 out of 5
1 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
100 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
54
4.1 out of 5
54 user ratings
5 stars
38 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
1 %
1 stars
1 %
33
4.4 out of 5
33 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Number of LAN ports
N/A
44
Number of WAN ports
N/A
11
USB
N/A
noyes
Total USB ports
N/A
N/A
1
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
N/A
0
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
N/A
0

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • L2TPv3
N/A
N/A
Management interface
N/A
Web/network
N/A
Communication protocol
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
N/A
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Mobile broadband support
N/A
nono
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
100.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
yes
N/A
Wireless network
N/A
yesyes
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
External antenna
N/A
noyes
MIMO
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of antennas
N/A
42
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
300.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps
Wireless security
N/A
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPS
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
300.0 Mbps
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
300.0 Mbps

Power

Min operating temperature0 °C
N/A
0 °C
Max operating temperature65 °C40 °C40 °C

Security

Encryption Algorithm
  • DES
  • Triple DES
  • SHA
  • MD5
  • IKE
  • ECDSA
  • 128-bit AES
  • 256-bit AES
  • 1024-bit RSA
  • 2048-bit RSA
  • 256-bit SHA
  • 512-bit SHA
  • 748-bit RSA
  • 384-bit SHA
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • 40-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA
  • WPA2
DMZ
N/A
yes
N/A
VPN client
N/A
yes
N/A