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Hi,<br />
I have just purchased two second hand cisco devices:<br />
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Cisco ASA Firewall 5510 <br />
Cisco router 2600<br />
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&nbsp;neither have any flash cards installed so I am guessing that they will not work without these. I was just looking for advice if these devices are any good, any how I go about buying the right flash cards and IOS's for them<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,
I have just purchased two second hand cisco devices:

Cisco ASA Firewall 5510 
Cisco router 2600

 neither have any flash cards installed so I am guessing that they will not work without these. I was just looking for advice if these devices are any good, any how I go about buying the right flash cards and IOS's for them

Thanks

Cisco ASA Firewall 5510 and Cisco router 2600

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.