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: Includes strong "k9" 3DES/AES encryption for robust IPsec VPN and DMVPN deployments.

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If you are still operating a Cisco 7200 VXR in a production branch office or using one in a network simulation lab, It represents the peak of maturity for the 15.2 Mainline train, offering a massive feature set with reliable stability. It’s a user-generated label that has spread across:

The 7200 platform emulation is slower than IOSv or IOSvL2 in CML/EVE due to hardware emulation overhead. But for studying MPLS, DMVPN, or BGP path manipulation , the 7200 image remains superior because many features are missing or different in IOSv (which is Linux-based, not real IOS).

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