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Cisco Router vs ASA

If I need to setup a gateway to connect to other office, support remote mobile client and external access for internal servers through NAT, should I buy a Cisco Router or ASA ? Any comment ?

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You need Cisco Router, ASA is good Firewall but do not have routing capabilities.
Cisco Router can work as firewall and it can route your ip packets in right direction.
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attached is screenshot, i was able to configure internal routing on my ASA.
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For firewall feature in ASA, is it come with ASA or it is add-in servcie that I will to additionally pay for ?

For router, it could also do site VPN to VPN setup, correct ?

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12 . ios has site-to-ste vpn without additional license in 15.ios you must have aditional license
for the asa if you want vpn 3des/aes capabilities you shoul by additional license  
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You can take either one of them, as you can configure both with the nat capabilities and remote access VPN. But if security comes into picture, I think its best you go for a firewall
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forgot to answer your question. yes router can do a site-to-site as well, and by default ASA is a firewall so basic offering has firewall capabilities. routers have firewall IOS capabilities as well, depends on what IOS you choose.

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These 2 are really close. Really check if you need exotic interfaces that would point to a router.