Serial and asynchronous high-speed WAN interface card (HWIC) provides highly flexible connections for Cisco integrated services routers. This HWIC helps customers to enable applications such as WAN aggregation, legacy protocol transport, console server, and dial access server. Customers can mix and match HWIC to tailor cost-effective solutions for common networking problems such as remote network management, external dial-modem access, low-density WAN aggregation, legacy protocol transport, and high port density support.