[c-nsp] ASA or Router?

[Church, Charles]

I'd lean towards the 2800 router, 2851 should work nice.  If you're
dealing with low bandwidth and VoIP, I think a true router will perform
better than an ASA, since you're got a boatload more QoS options.
NetFlow support is nice too when you're trying to figure out why
branches have totally saturated pipes.  QOS pre-classification and IPSec
will probably be handy too.  Check the VPN tunnel and VPN performance.
If bandwidths are expected to grow (like they're never not expected to
grow!), you might want to bump up to a 3825.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Rupert Finnigan
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 3:32 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [c-nsp] ASA or Router?


 Hi All,

I've been pondering something over in my head for a while, and can't
reach a
decision and so am interested in what others experiences might be.

I'm currently working on a topology to link a number of retail units
together back to head-office that'll support VoIP, email (pop3) and EPOS
related traffic - basically the traffic requirements per store will be
very
low. However, I expect there to eventually be 60-80 stores.

I'm going to put 1801w routers in each store, as they're perfectly
taylored
to the needs of a small-ish Retail location, and run DMVPN to handle the
spoke to spoke VoIP traffic.. What I'm still trying to decide on is what
to
put at the head-office hub end. I need something to concentrate the VPN
tunnels, and to terminate a SDSL line and so am thinking either a ASA
5510
with a 1803 router, or a just a 2800 series router. At present we've got
something to terminate "road-warrior" clients and so that isn't a
consideration.

Just interested in various options/comments or any pointers anyone can
offer..

Thanks Muchly,

Rupes
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