The Cisco AS5350 universal gateway is the only one-rack-unit, two, four, or eight T1/E1 gateway that provides universal port data, voice, wireless, and fax services on any port at any time. The Cisco AS5350 offers high performance and high reliability in a compact, modular design. This cost-effective platform is ideally suited for Internet service providers (ISPs) and enterprises that require innovative universal services.The Cisco AS5350 supports widely deployed routing protocols, including those generally found in high-end access servers and routers (that is, Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 [BGPv4], Open Shortest Path First [OSPF], Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [EIGRP], and Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System [IS-IS]). The Cisco AS5350 supports a wide range of IP-based value-added services such as high-volume Internet access, regional/branch-office connectivity, corporate virtual private networks (VPNs), and mobile wireless solutions. Its rich set of Cisco IOS features enable ISPs and enterprise network managers to meet traditional dial-in needs, including Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) and AppleTalk, while supporting the migration to New World services. The Cisco AS5350 supports a wide range of IP-based value-added services such as high-volume Internet access, regional/branch-office connectivity, corporate virtual private networks (VPNs), mobile wireless solutions, long distance for ISPs, international wholesale long distance, distributed prepaid calling, Signaling System 7 (SS7) interconnect, wholesale dial/voice, and enhanced voice services. The Cisco AS5350 provides the perfect solution for telephony ASPs who would like to deploy PC-to-phone, Unified Communications, IP teleconferencing, voice-enabled Web commerce, and content delivery service.