In face of recent events that still impact the US economy to this day and with pictures of a devastated eco system coming from the Gulf of Mexico, one might come to think what other alternatives and possibilities of conserving resources and moving away from raw materials that use crude oil are out there.
Our planet is called the blue planet but lately it has been looking rather black.
Finding new items that are worthy of comparing and examinating, isn't an easy task, given the constant change in this field, in which only a few pieces of hardware made it to the "hall of fame".
So here we have two exemplary routers, in which one of the concurring parts is merely the renewed version of the precedent, expandable, and customizable. Which we are also seeing on the price difference between them. You really have to decide which one of these suits your needs best, since it's an easy mistake to buy the far more expensive one, while the cheaper one may be fully enough to satisfy your needs.
Both are abundantly full of expansion slots, offers HWIC, AIM, NME-XD, EVM, PVDM - SIMM 80-PIN and compact flash cards. Both have 60 MB of Flash memory coming with them, but the HSEC version is upgradable till 1 GB's, while the simple SEC version ends at 128 MB's. The difference can also be seen on terms of RAM, both versions coming with 256, but SEC version goes max at 384 megas, while the HSEC version goes upwards to 1 GRAM. Both in IPsec protocol, and operating almost at the same standards, these modular routers can really solve the job given.