Support for BGP & ISIS in Cisco 1600 routers?

Hi,

We ordered some 1600 series routers for out study group because Cisco's
website gave us the impression that these would support BGP, etc. (new
images with Plus)

I came across a post in RouterIE.com that said that neither the Cisco
1600 nor 1700 support BGP or ISIS. If this is truly so, its bad news
for us!

I request information that would dispel out doubts.

Thanks!

Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005

Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We ordered some 1600 series routers for out study group because Cisco's
> website gave us the impression that these would support BGP, etc. (new
> images with Plus)
>
> I came across a post in RouterIE.com that said that neither the Cisco
> 1600 nor 1700 support BGP or ISIS. If this is truly so, its bad news
> for us!
>
> I request information that would dispel out doubts.
>
> Thanks!
>
No they both support BGP and ISIS you just need the write software
image. I think anything above IP PLUS feature set will have BGP and ISIS.

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Ben wrote:

> Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We ordered some 1600 series routers for out study group because Cisco's
> > website gave us the impression that these would support BGP, etc. (new
> > images with Plus)
> >
> > I came across a post in RouterIE.com that said that neither the Cisco
> > 1600 nor 1700 support BGP or ISIS. If this is truly so, its bad news
> > for us!
> >
> > I request information that would dispel out doubts.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> No they both support BGP and ISIS you just need the write software
> image. I think anything above IP PLUS feature set will have BGP and ISIS.
>
You might want to check cisco website. They do BGP with IP Plus feature
set but IS-IS in only available on the Enterprise version, which is not
available on the the 1600 now 1700 series.

Doan

Hi, Thanks for the info!

Do these 1600 series routers support OSPF?

In article < .com>,
"Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005" <> wrote:

> Hi, Thanks for the info!
>
> Do these 1600 series routers support OSPF?

All IOS-based routers support all the same routing protocols, as long as
you load the correct flavor of IOS.

The differences in models affects hardware features, not software.

--
Barry Margolin,
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article < .com>,
> "Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005" <> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, Thanks for the info!
>>
>>Do these 1600 series routers support OSPF?
>
>
> All IOS-based routers support all the same routing protocols, as long as
> you load the correct flavor of IOS.
>
> The differences in models affects hardware features, not software.
>
Well, looking at the feature navigator (www.cisco.com/go/fn) it seems
that IS-IS is the exceptional the rule! It doesn't show up at all in the
1600 or 1700 software. Minimum is 1600.

Ben wrote:
> Barry Margolin wrote:
>
>> In article < .com>,
>> "Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005" <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi, Thanks for the info!
>>>
>>> Do these 1600 series routers support OSPF?
>>
>>
>>
>> All IOS-based routers support all the same routing protocols, as long
>> as you load the correct flavor of IOS.
>>
>> The differences in models affects hardware features, not software.
>>
> Well, looking at the feature navigator (www.cisco.com/go/fn) it seems
> that IS-IS is the exceptional the rule! It doesn't show up at all in the
> 1600 or 1700 software. Minimum is 1600.
oops minimum is 2600

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Ben wrote:

> Ben wrote:
> > Barry Margolin wrote:
> >
> >> In article < .com>,
> >> "Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005" <> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi, Thanks for the info!
> >>>
> >>> Do these 1600 series routers support OSPF?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> All IOS-based routers support all the same routing protocols, as long
> >> as you load the correct flavor of IOS.
> >>
> >> The differences in models affects hardware features, not software.
> >>
> > Well, looking at the feature navigator (www.cisco.com/go/fn) it seems
> > that IS-IS is the exceptional the rule! It doesn't show up at all in the
> > 1600 or 1700 software. Minimum is 1600.
> oops minimum is 2600
>
It works on the 2500 with Enterprise Plus!

Doan

"Bombay CCIE Study Group 2005" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> We ordered some 1600 series routers for out study group because Cisco's
> website gave us the impression that these would support BGP, etc. (new
> images with Plus)
>

First of all the 1600 is out of production. Where did you order these
from -
routers-R-us?

Secondly any decent Cisco reseller could have told you that BGP 4 is only
supported in 12.3 Plus on the 1600 platform - minimum ram requirements
are 24mb dram, 8mb flash for the R series. As just about all 1600Rs came
factory standard with 8mb ram and 4mb flash, and flash cards for these are
no longer sold by the major memory manufacturers, your going to have to
scramble to get them equipped.

Next time quit playing around with Ebay and get a real Cisco reseller.

Ted