The 4-port Cisco EtherSwitch 10/100 high-speed WAN interface card (HWIC) supported on the Cisco 2800 and Cisco 3800 series integrated services routers offer small-to-large-size businesses and enterprise branch office customers the option to integrate switching and routing in one device. This combination offers ease of configuration, deployment, and management while using the powerful characteristics of Cisco routing and Cisco Catalyst switching features. The Cisco EtherSwitch HWIC with the optional internal chassis provides IP phone power and phone discovery for IP phones. In addition, the Cisco EtherSwitch HWIC supports separate VLAN configuration for IP phones. The auxiliary VLAN feature allows network administrators to segment phones into separate logical networks, even though the data and voice infrastructures are physically the same. The phone discovery feature allows the Cisco 4-port EtherSwitch HWIC to automatically detect the presence of an IP phone and supply inline power.
