Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers

Score8.7 out of 10

13 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers?

Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers is a solution designed to deliver performance, security, and flexibility to help accelerate the user's digitization journey at the edge.

Categories & Use Cases

Routers

Michael Spence

Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at Monash University (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Monash implements the Cisco 800 Series Industrial ISR IR800 routers within their inter-campus buses. The 4G connection supplies WAN connectivity back to Headoffice and the Wireless Access Point allows users in the bus to connect.

Pros

4G connectivity
Wireless connectivity
Reliability

Cons

Regular power cycles put system into ROMMON... requires onsite visit

Return on Investment

Enabled connectivity between campuses for students.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800) and Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Other Software Used

Splunk Cloud, Grafana

Ezekiel Mathew View profile

Security Software Engineer in Engineering at NJVC-LLC (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

While sampling the routers we picked the Cisco Catalyst IR1800 series, 1835 to be specific mostly because of their flexibility; the router supports wi-fi 6 and the recently incorporated 5G network. Our organization takes part in developing solutions for the geospatial engineering community. To accomplish this we needed routers that are simple to install and can accommodate constant mobility and that's why we took the Cisco 1800 on board.

Pros

Partakes minimal disruptions under mobility while in use by technicians.
Has high bandwidths
The routers are secure from multiple network attacks.

Cons

The routers' functionality under private LTE networks was quite largish at first, but they adapted to solve this with time

Most Important Features

Operations dashboard to monitor the routers.
The field Network Director.
Cisco IOx support for Applications.

Return on Investment

Stable connectivity under mobility for our mobile teams.
Secure routers for data protection.
High performing networks.

Other Software Used

Cisco 350X Series Stackable Managed Switches

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco 831, 881, and 881w routers for small single computer sites. The 800 series used in Network Extension mode makes a great small office solution. enough ports for a PC, a printer and an IP Phone. The 800 series securely connect to our Cisco ASA headend by VPN over any internet transport available at the location.
We use the 800 series across all departments for any site location where we need a very small office.
The 800 series/ ASA combination makes locations financial feasible where where private lines would be much too expensive for the use case.

Pros

Connects local site to VPN headend
Securely adds a network subnet in remote locations
The security available in an inexpensive package makes these units a great value.

Cons

Programming can be complicated for new users
An easier VPN setup would be a good value add to this product
PoE for IP Phones requires an add-on daughter card
The daughter card add expense and requires that the 800 series unit be opened to install card

Return on Investment

800 Series units are a great value for very small sites
The 800 series have allowed us to be agile in the opening of sites quickly in under-served rural areas.
The only downside is having to renew the support every few years.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker and Cisco Meraki MX

Other Software Used

Cisco AnyConnect, SMARTcare Software, Microsoft Teams, Polycom RealPresence Group Series

Verified User

Team Lead in Sales (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

That was a hard decision what unit to choose as we had a lot of good products with +/- the same characteristics. But I chose the Cisco Catalyst IR1800 rugged series router because it is quiet, in difference to others it seemed simpler to implement to our office building. Any problems with its operations, it works really great like the sales manager promised. I can only advise this item as my team is happy to make our job without thoughts about routers.

Pros

The most important for my organisation - safety. Cisco Catalyst IR1800 router is great when we talk about safety.
My sysadmin sais this router has a wide flexibility.
When we thought about the location for router, we had indoor and outdoor variants. Both are possible for Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers but we chose the indoor location.

Cons

The price but to say truth, it worth it for 100% as the quality is the highest.

Most Important Features

Safety
Flexibility
Quality
Quite

Return on Investment

We always are suure that the router's mission will be done as expected from it
We had several electricity disables but it did not cause any troubles for router
We do not need to spend money for it's maintanance

Jose Almeida

Network Architect in Information Technology at BB Tecnologia (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Cisco Router Series 800 is used in all locations classified as small and medium, a total of 76 locations, providing end-to-end communication through DMVPN. We use ZPFW for security reasons too. The same router is also used for local internet output, making web access faster and more efficient. In the security layer we use the ZBFW solution. This router can be easily deployed due to its low cost and easy configuration.

Pros

Small factor
Low cost
Fast configuration
Switch port

Cons

Remote branch
Workshops
Congress

Return on Investment

Investment in education
High price
Easy material

Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers

What is Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers?

Categories & Use Cases