The Cisco 1700 Series of modular access routers are designed and priced to provide a cost-effective integrated e-business platform for small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise small branch offices. They provide flexibility and manageability to meet the most demanding and evolving e-business requirements such as multiservice data/voice/video/fax integration, business-class digital subscriber line (DSL), and comprehensive security.Today's businesses are recognizing that e-business success relies on more than simply using e-mail or putting up a Web site. Companies that want to streamline operations and reduce costs while gaining the competitive advantages of the Internet need to integrate e-business processes into their everyday business practices by adopting applications such as Web-based transaction processing, telecommuting, and e-learning. These kinds of e-business tools improve communications between employees, customers, and suppliers; increase productivity and efficiency; and enhance customer satisfaction to make businesses more competitive. The effectiveness of e-business solutions depends on the performance and capabilities of the access solution.To fully realize all the competitive advantages of e-business, companies need a flexible and affordable access solution that supports a full range of technologies and applications. The Cisco 1700 Series of modular access routers are optimized to provide comprehensive e-business features such as virtual private networks (VPNs), security firewalls, business-class DSL, and multiservice integration of data, voice, video, and fax. The routers deliver high-speed WAN connectivity for communications over the Internet and between remote office sites.Within the Cisco 1700 Series, the Cisco 1751 modular access router is optimized for both voice and data traffic, providing a simple and cost-effective migration path to multiservice networking - today or in the future.