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THE FIRST CISCO ROUTER DEVOLPED

 



THE FIRST CISCO ROUTER, THE AGS MULTI-PROTOCOL ROUTER, WAS DEVELOPED IN 1986.

IT WAS A GROUNDBREAKING DEVICE THAT COULD CONNECT DIFFERENT LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LANS) WITH DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS, A MAJOR INNOVATION AT THE TIME. THIS ABILITY TO BRIDGE DISPARATE NETWORKS MADE THE AGS ROUTER A KEY PLAYER IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INTERNET.

HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST CISCO ROUTER:

THE ROUTER WAS CREATED BY LEONARD BOSACK AND SANDY LERNER, WHO WERE THEN GRADUATE STUDENTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

BOSACK AND LERNER HAD BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT TO CONNECT THE STANFORD CAMPUS NETWORK TO THE ARPANET, THE PRECURSOR TO THE INTERNET.

THEY NEEDED A DEVICE THAT COULD ROUTE DATA BETWEEN THE TWO NETWORKS, WHICH USED DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS.

THE AGS ROUTER WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ROUTER THAT COULD SUPPORT MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS.

IT WAS INITIALLY SOLD TO UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME POPULAR WITH BUSINESSES AS WELL.

THE AGS ROUTER WAS EVENTUALLY SUCCEEDED BY THE CISCO 7000 ROUTER, WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1993.


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