Abstract

Enterasys Networks commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate its XSR-1805 Security Router, a multi-function routing device, and to compare its VPN performance against that of a Cisco Systems, Inc. 1751 router and a Cisco Systems 2651XM. While security routers are typically deployed in conjunction with a WAN, this series of tests attempts to gauge the processing power of the devices; therefore, tests were conducted in a LAN-to-LAN, two-port router configuration using 10/100 Mbit/s interfaces. The Tolly Group conducted zero-loss, Layer 3 throughput tests in an IPSec tunnel configuration using a variety of packet sizes in an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet environment. This report focuses solely on the VPN performance of the devices under test. Test Summary 202154 examines the performance results of the XSR-1805 versus the Cisco 1751 including QoS and packet filtering.