Pre-2000 routers, gateways, and bridges. Chronological order.
Sources:
- “Packet” Magazine, Third Quarter Cisco Router History.pdf
- https://alchetron.com/Cisco-routers
MEIS Subsystem
Launched 1985: MEIS Subsystem is first Cisco product to ship
Stanford Massbus Ethernet Interface Subsystem, MEIS (pronounced “maze” or “maize”), the first cisco (later Cisco) product. Developed at Stanford University from 1982 to 1984 by Len Bosack and George Schnurle for PDP-10 computers.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cisco_products#Other_products
AGS (Advanced Gateway Server)
Launched 1986: Cisco AGS (Advanced Gateway Server) is first commercial product shipped
AGS+ (Advanced Gateway Server Plus)
Launched 1990: AGS+ modular router chassis and the ciscoBus five-slot high-speed backplane are introduced
IGS (Integrated Gateway Server)
Launched 1990: Cisco IGS is the first remote access router introduced
CGS (Compact Gateway Server)
FGS (F Gateway Server)
Introduced 1986
MGS (Mid-range Gateway Server)
TRouter
1989
“provides a combined TCP/IP Terminal Server and multi-protocol Internetwork Router with unequaled functionality and performance.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20160611064547/http://www.kellys.org:80/blog/cisco/
MSM, ASM (Terminal Server)
“Cisco’s ASM and MSM Terminal Servers interface up to 96 asynchronous devices to Ethernet, synchronous serial or Token Ring media and support TCP/IP and X.25 protocols.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20160611064547/http://www.kellys.org:80/blog/cisco/
CPT ([Cisco] Protocol Translator)
June 1989
“With Cisco’s Protocol Translator, users can access public data networks, X.25 hosts, UNIX and other TCP/IP hosts, and shared equipment and services — all through a single device.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20160611064547/http://www.kellys.org:80/blog/cisco/
HyBridge
Introduced 1988
Combines Bridge and Gateway
https://web.archive.org/web/20160611064547/http://www.kellys.org:80/blog/cisco/
3000 Series
Introduced August 1992
“low-end router platform”
ISDN Primarily
6K Packets/Sec
$13,000 USD Retail
4000 Series
Introduced September 1992
“modular routers for regional and branch offices”
4000 (4-16MB RAM), 4000-M (4-32MB RAM)
68EC030 CPU, 40MHz
7000 Series
Introduced January 1993
“high-end, multiprotocol router platform”
68040 CPU
2000 Series
Introduced June 1993
“remote access router platform”
2500 Series
Introduced January 1994
“for small and branch offices”
68030 CPU, 20MHz
4-16MB DRAM, 8-16MB Flash
7500 Series
Introduced 1995
7505, 7507, 7513, 7576
Route Processors
- RSP1: 100 MHz MIPS R4600 RISC
- RSP2: 100 MHz MIPS R4600 RISC
- RSP4: 200 MHz MIPS R5000 RISC
- RSP8: 250 MHz MIPS RM7000 RISC
12000 Series
Introduced 1996
12008, 12012, 12016
3600 Series
Introduced 1996, part of the “Netbeyond” family
“Medium to Large offices and Internet Service Providers”
3620, 3640, 3660, 3660second
1600 Series
Introduced 1996, part of the “NetBeyond” family
1601, 1602R, 1603R, 1604R, 1605R
68360 CPU, 33 MHz
2600 Series
Introduced 1998
MPC860 CPU, 40-80MHz
1700 Series
MPC860 CPU, 48Mhz
1720, 1750
800 Series
MPC 850 CPU, 33Mhz
801, 802, 803, 804, 805
1000 Series
MC68360 CPU, 25MHz
1400 Series
DSL focused
“small branch/business”
68360 CPU, 33 MHz
3300 Series
Introduced March 1999, source
SONET/SDH edge router