3com Router 5231 3C13750-ME Data Sheet

Product codes
3C13750-ME
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DATA SHEET
Feature-rich, high-
performance WAN
access routers at an
affordable price
From the LAN core to the WAN, 
the 3Com
®
Router 5000 family lets 
business keep pace with its rapidly
changing needs. Offering high-speed
processors, feature-rich routing, and
advanced security and control 
features in a flexible, modular pack-
age, the Router 5000 products help
create easily managed, robust networks
to reliably support key business 
applications.
These routers are simple to order and
configure: each comes standard with
the software and memory you will
need. 3Com Router 5000 products
offer significantly higher performance
than equivalent products
*
, at a 
substantially lower ownership cost
.
Full-featured Router Family
The 3Com Router 5000 family delivers
flexible, cost-effective routing for the
medium enterprise to small office.
Available in desktop or rackmount
units, these modular routers let your
network adapt to meet changing 
business needs. Flexible LAN and
WAN components—Smart Interface
Cards (SICs) and Multi-function
Interface Modules (MIMs)—provide
scalable, efficient, and secure network
operation. Built-in support for 
converged voice, data, and video
provides advanced Quality of Service
(QoS) and traffic management 
capabilities—integrating seamlessly
with your existing network
equipment. With its high-speed
processors, open interfaces, multiple 
industry-standard protocols, and
high-performance routing and 
redundancy features, the 3Com
Router 5000 family offers an ideal
price-to-performance network 
solution.
Competitive Advantage
All Router 5000 models come with
maximum operatory memory
π
, and
complete routing and security 
features and applications set  as 
standard—unlike many competitive
products. This eliminates hidden
upgrade costs and so enhances return
on investment (ROI).
End-to-End Solutions
These routers are key components 
of 3Com's range of high-value, 
customer-focused data and voice 
solutions—used by enterprises 
worldwide—which provide competitive
and complete network operation,
management, and maintenance. A
3Com system delivers dependable
high-performance today with the 
scalability and flexibility to expand
tomorrow.
Interoperable
3Com WAN routers are “Tolly Verified
for Interoperability with Cisco
”.
This reduces your implementation
and testing time, as the question of
multi-vendor interoperability has
been removed.
3Com
®
Router 5000 Family
* Tolly report “3Com Router 5000/3000 Series Competitive Interoperability Evaluation”, #204110, at www.tolly.com.
Publicly available prices as of August 2003.
π
Currently available maximums: Routers 5680, 5640, 5231: 256 MB. Router 5009: 128 MB.
‡ 
See http://www.tolly.com/TVDetail.aspx?ProductID=128 and http://www.tolly.com/TVDetail.aspx?ProductID=129 for details.