3G-AE015-R

3G-AE015-R is an antenna for Cisco ISR G2 equipment: cisco 2900 Series 3G Antennae 3G-AE015-R.

Antenna choice is worth more thought than it usually gets on a router order: it sets the coverage and, on a cellular link, often makes more difference to real throughput than the device does. An external antenna in the right position routinely outperforms a better router with the supplied stub in a cabinet.

What this platform is for. The ISR G2 is a branch-office router from Cisco’s second Integrated Services generation, the workhorse of corporate branch networks for most of a decade. Knowing the family’s intended role is usually more useful than the part number when you are working out whether something fits: a chassis built for one job will do another, but rarely well, and the cost of that mismatch tends to show up as throughput or feature limits rather than as an outright failure.

Three questions worth answering before any router purchase, whatever the model. What the throughput requirement actually is with your feature set enabled, rather than the datasheet figure measured without it. Whether the features you need are licensed as well as present, since on most platforms security and performance are separate entitlements. And how many slots or ports you will need in three years, because adding capacity is cheap and replacing a chassis is not.

Where this sits: the ISR G2 generation has been superseded by the ISR 4000 series. Cisco’s own end-of-life notice for the 3900 series set the last day to order as 9 December 2017 and the last day of support as 31 December 2022, and directs customers to the ISR 4000 series, typically the 4431 or 4451, as the migration. The 1900 and 2900 followed the same path.

These routers are nonetheless still in service in very large numbers, which is why the part numbers still get searched for. If you are keeping one running, a spare is a reasonable purchase and we can source it. What you will not get is a software fix or vendor support, and that is the part worth weighing rather than the price.

Items in this class are the ones that hold up an installation, because they are specified last and nobody budgets lead time for them. If you are building out a chassis rather than replacing one part, let us check the whole list — the gaps are nearly always here rather than in the expensive items. Tell us the chassis and what is already fitted.

Green Code Technologies is a supplier of Cisco, and we supply Huawei and Juniper networking alongside HPE, Dell, Samsung, Netgear, Ubiquiti and Asus. We would rather tell you a part is no longer supported, or that we need to check it, than take an order for something that will not do what you need.