B.1 Cisco 700 Series
B.1.1 Flexibility for remote access
The Cisco 700 series product family includes the Cisco 761M, 762M, 765M, 766M, 771M, 772M, 775M, and 776M routers. These products offer two optional analog telephone interfaces to allow devices such as standard telephones, facsimile machines, and modems to share an ISDN BRI line, eliminating the need for multiple telephone lines or expensive ISDN telephones, as shown in the Figure. Four of the Cisco 700 series models offer support for two basic telephone service lines, as well as support for supplemental telephone services over ISDN. These telephone services include call waiting, cancel call waiting, call hold, call retrieve, three-way call conferencing, and call transfer.

Earlier models of the Cisco 700 series had model numbers without the M suffix, which indicates that the routers have 1.5 MB of system RAM.

The Cisco 700 series routers all support IP and Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) routing, transparent bridging, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management, and multilevel authentication. All Cisco 700 series routers support Multilink PPP (MLP), providing up to 128 Kbps (precompressed) of ISDN bandwidth.

All models in this family also feature ClickStart software, which allows users to configure Cisco 700 series routers by using a standard World Wide Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator. ClickStart is a graphical configuration interface that breaks the installation process into steps by prompting the user for the required information, thus enabling the user to set up a new router in just a few minutes.

Fast Step software is a free Microsoft Windows 95 or NT Version 4-based tool that simplifies the setup and monitoring of Cisco routers for small offices and home offices. When setup is completed, the monitor facility of Fast Step provides instant router status and ISDN connection information.

Cisco 800 Series Routers

The new Cisco 800 series of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) access routers provides big-business networking benefits to small offices and corporate telecommuters. With Cisco IOS software technology, the Cisco 800 series offers secure, manageable, high-performance solutions for Internet and corporate LAN access.