[cisco-voip] Least expensive router that can run CUBE

[Bill Simon]

Thanks everyone for your answers.  I am going to be playing with it on 
the 7200 simulator until we can get in a 2811.

I'm looking through the documentation and see how to do trunking.  I'm 
not clear on how I would configure it for remote users.  That is, use 
the CUBE as an SBC for soft clients or remote hard phones to connect and 
authenticate to before being allowed to forward calls in to the CUCM. 
Should I authenticate against CUBE or pass authentication through to 
CUCM?  Maybe I don't have the concept clear in my mind.

For remote users, I see the CUBE as the way to connect them in to our 
CUCM without putting a CUCM subscriber out on a public network for them 
to use directly (and to be attacked by the Internet).

Bill Simon wrote:
> My disclaimer to this newbie question is that I'm not a router guy in 
> any way and have little understanding of the router product line.
> 
> What's the least expensive piece of equipment that can run Cisco Unified 
> Border Element?
> 
> On the CUBE product page I see this list:
> 
> Cisco Unified Border Element is an integrated Cisco IOS Software 
> application that runs on:
> Cisco 2800 Series Integrated Services Routers
> Cisco 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers
> Cisco 7200VXR Routers
> Cisco 7301 Routers
> Cisco AS5350XM Universal Gateway
> Cisco AS5400XM Universal Gateway