Cisco WIC-1AM enterprise networking (router/Catalyst switch/UCS families) Router Line Card

The Cisco WIC-1AM is a one-port analog modem WAN interface card for Cisco modular access routers, adding a single built-in analog modem port to the host router. It provides a dial-backup or out-of-band management path over the standard telephone network, letting the router fall back to an analog dial-up connection if its primary WAN link fails, or giving remote administrators a way to reach the router’s console over a phone line when the main network path is down. It fits one of the router’s WIC slots alongside the router’s other interface cards, and is a widely deployed legacy option across the router families that support WIC-format cards. Genuine spares are a routine requirement for maintaining existing dial-backup configurations or adding one to a router that does not yet have it. Tech-Star (UK-based, shipped worldwide) stocks Cisco WAN interface cards to support ongoing network maintenance projects.