Specifications

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2 Cisco 1841 and 2801 Routers

Branch office networking requirements are dramatically evolving, driven by web and e-

commerce applications to enhance productivity and merging the voice and data infrastructure to

reduce costs. The Cisco 1841 and 2801 routers provide a scalable, secure, manageable remote

access server that meets FIPS 140-2 Level 2 requirements. This section describes the general

features and functionality provided by the routers. The following subsections describe the

physical characteristics of the routers.

2.1 The 1841 Cryptographic Module Physical Characteristics

Figure 1 – The 1841 router case

The 1841 Router is a multiple-chip standalone cryptographic module. The router has a

processing speed of 240MHz. Depending on configuration, either the installed AIM-VPN/BPII-

Plus module or the internal Giove FPGA or IOS software is used for cryptographic operations.

The cryptographic boundary of the module is the device’s case, shown in Figure 1. All of the

functionality discussed in this document is provided by components within this cryptographic

boundary.

The interface for the router is located on the rear panel as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 – Rear Panel Physical Interfaces

The Cisco 1841 router features a console port, an auxiliary port, Universal Serial Bus (USB)

port, two high-speed WAN interface card/WAN interface card/Voice interface card

(HWIC/WIC/VIC) slots, two 10/100 Fast Ethernet RJ45 ports, and a Compact Flash (CF) drive.