Cisco RV016 16-port 10/100 VPN Router - Multi WAN

by Cisco

Product Details

Product Manual [3.52mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 12 x 3 inches ; 4.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001XU8BW
• Item model number: RV016
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,009 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A secure network connection tying your company to the world is the backbone of your business. You need a combination of performance and security to help keep your employees connected to the assets they need to keep your business productive. The Cisco RV016 Multi-WAN VPN Router is a proven solution that delivers highly secure, high performance connectivity at the heart of your small business network. As its name suggests, the RV016 has sixteen ports in total. Up to seven ports may be configured for load balancing to improve performance or as redundant connections to service providers to support business continuity.

The typical configuration for the RV016 Multi-WAN VPN Router. View larger

Featuring 16 10/100 Mbps fast Ethernet ports. View larger

Provide Remote Access to Employees

Increase remote employee productivity through secure connections to your business network via Virtual Private Networks (VPN). The RV016 delivers high capacity and high performance IPsec VPN capabilities, including support for up to 50 QuickVPN tunnels for remote client access.

Simple Setup and Administration

Intuitive, browser-based device manager and setup wizards get you up and running quickly. The easy-to-understand interface lets you monitor and adjust settings easily, from setting up remote access to content filtering and extensive activity logging.

Strong Security

The RV016 provides strong security with proven stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall and hardware encryption. The built-in firewall also features protection against Denial of Service (DoS), Ping of Death, SYN Flood, Land Attack, and IP spoofing, and sends email alerts for outside hacking attempts.

Create up to 50 access rules, and employ powerful content filtering including static URL blocking and keyword blocking. Control filtering of Java, cookes, ActiveX plugins, and HTTP proxies.

Performance to Support High-Bandwidth Applications

The Cisco RV016 Multi-WAN VPN Router delivers proven, highly secure connectivity to the Internet at the heart of the small business network to help employees stay productive. Redundant connections support load balancing for higher performance and contribute to business continuity, while a built-in Fast Ethernet switch connects devices in the office. High capacity IP Security (IPsec) VPN capabilities connect other offices and employees working remotely to files and data just as securely as if they were physically connected to the network. Other business-class security features, including available cloud-based web threat protection, help keep the network and business assets safe.

16 Fast Ethernet Ports

The RV016 has sixteen 10/100 Mbps fast Ethernet ports, including 2 WAN ports and 1 dedicated DMZ port. 13 10/100 Mbps fast Ethernet switch ports ensure business continuity with up to 5 ports that can be used as WAN ports for load balancing and connection redundancy.

What's in the Box

Cisco RV016 Multi-WAN VPN Router, CD with Administration Guide and QuickVPN client software, AC power cable, rack mounting kit.

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Which Cisco Small Business Router is Right for You?
	RV110W	RV120W	RV220W	RVS4000	WRVS4400N	RV042	RV082	RV016
Wireless	b/g/n	b/g/n	b/g/n	No	b/g/n	No	No	No
WAN Ports	1 - 10/100	1 - 10/100	1 - 10/100/1000	1 - 10/100/1000	1 - 10/100/1000	2 - 10/100	2 - 10/100	7 - 10/100
LAN Ports	4 - 10/100	4 - 10/100	4 - 10/100/1000	4 - 10/100/1000	4 - 10/100/1000	4 - 10/100	8 - 10/100	13 - 10/100
Max VPN Connections	5	10	25	5	5	50	100	100
VPN Speed (Mbps)	5	25	90	2	2	59	97	97
NAT Speed (Mbps)	90	100	800	800	800	100	200	200
QoS
IPv6

Product Description

WAN VPN Router, formerly part of the Linksys Business Series, is designed and built for small businesses. It provides connection sharing and secure remote access at the heart of your network to allow your employees to access the resources they need to be productive. Multiple WAN ports can be used for load balancing and redundancy. Strong security features include VPN, a proven firewall, and an optional security service that helps fight spam, viruses, and other threats. The built-in switch can connect devices in the office or additional switches.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

The manufacturer commented on the review belowSee comments

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very satisfied for the price., March 14, 2006

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Curtis Gomez (Burbank, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco RV016 16-port 10/100 VPN Router - Multi WAN (Personal Computers)

I use this router on our main network of about 40 permanent users and another 20 or so users (clients) that come and go. At any one time it is negotiating 50 to 65 users via DHCP through four 24 port managed switches about ten 4 to 8 port hubs and six WAP's. Clients come and go everyday, some with Mac's others with PC's and I never have to do anything to get them on the internet. In the two years it has been in service I think that I rebooted it once and I'm not positive that it was the problem since I will reboot the modem, switches and router together. Occasionally things do get turned off for maintenance, but looking at the router admin page right now it has been running 54 days straight. I have to say it is much more stable than other small routers that advertise delivering 99 DHCP address's but really can only deliver about 10 without having to use static IP's. It's powerful browser interface lets you manage port bandwidth, port function and port priority easily. Some departments need more or less speed or higher priority. Security notifications via email keep me on top of potential attacks. The effect on speed due to security features was negligible. The "Block WAN request" even keeps our own ISP from seeing us. All these things are simple to setup. As a basic router it is very powerful.
The only short coming that I see is with the load balancing. This seems to really slow the speed significantly. I think that it is just too much for the CPU to handle. My intention was to have two different ISP's for redundancy. As a fix I leave both providers connected but only activate one WAN port at a time. If one WAN goes down I can quickly activate the other WAN port without anyone really being affected. The other ISP is mainly used for FTP anyway.
On the problems with VPN's, we don't use them so I can't comment on that.
In closing, you could spend thousands to get some of the features that facilitate subnets and load balancing, for the price it works very well.
Update: I have since purchased a second RV016 (firmware 2.0.13) with the same solid performance. I've read about some of the problems that others are having and would say that compatibility with other vendors is an issue to consider. Also using switches versus hubs takes some of the load off the routers CPU.
Update 2: We now own three routers without problem. I know that some have complained about customer service and I have to agree it's lacking. But what I would tell less experienced users is that the Sitemap column on the right side of the browser interface has extensive explanations of all the settings. This combined with a little experimentation should get you where you need to be. The file sharing problems that another reviewer had has nothing to do with the router, it's all about the computer settings. Another reviewer commented on customer service asking about the color of the cables. In the early days of DSL and daisy chaining hubs, crossover cables were used and they were generally orange or yellow and will not work with most equipment.

 

The manufacturer commented on this review(What's this?)

Posted on Jun 7, 2011 3:16:45 PM PDT

"Cisco Small Business Team" says:

(MANUFACTURER)

Hi Curtis!

Thank you for the positive comments and strong recommendation. We appreciate the feedback and are happy to hear you are very satisfied with our RV016 and its price.

Thank You,

Diana
Cisco Small Business Team

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The manufacturer commented on the review belowSee comments

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed, June 14, 2007

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Leonard Barshack (Ketchum, ID) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco RV016 16-port 10/100 VPN Router - Multi WAN (Personal Computers)

I have had the RV016 for a few years.

Overall I am somewhat mixed.

My biggest disappointment is with Linksys support. I had trouble configuring the dual WAN capabilities, and never got any help from Linksys. In the end I am using a single WAN (see below). I would expect much better, or at least some, support for an expensive router like this one.

Some applications got confused when I was using two WANs. I had this problem with 2 or 3 applications, so I suspect correcting it would be straightforward, but after HOURS of fiddling and calling Linksys help, I got nowhere.

The other surprise was that there is no way to be notified if one of the WANs goes down. I have dual connectivity for redundancy, but if one fails, there is no way to have the RV016 notify you.

I now keep both WANs plugged in, but only one port active. Someone needs to switch the connectivity in the event the primary WAN goes down.

On the positive side, I really like many of the advanced features:
* One-to-one NAT works well. My servers are both part of my LAN while having an outside WAN address
* I often remotely manage the RV016, including turning one and off various physical ports
* I found setting up VPNs to other gateways fairly straightforward.

Conclusion:
On balance there are enough features that work, or at least that I understand, that I am happy with the RV016. I do wish some of the other advertised features worked or were better documented.

 

The manufacturer commented on this review(What's this?)

Posted on Jun 23, 2011 11:39:48 AM PDT

"Cisco Small Business Team" says:

(MANUFACTURER)

Hi Leonard,
Thank you for your comments! We're sorry to hear about your experience with Linksys support. We've since made improvements and now have dedicated phone support for our Small Business products (www.cisco.com/go/smallbizhelp) so we can better provide customers with the help they need. Also, you can get help via chat and the Cisco Small Business Support Community (www.cisco.com/go/smallbizsupport).

Regarding your issue with the dual WAN, we tested the RV016 version 2 with the latest firmware V3.0.2.01-tm, and found it works in both load balance and backup modes with logs. In load balance mode, both WANs can function simultaneously. In backup mode, when the primary WAN goes down, the backup WAN will go up.

You can download the latest firmware software here: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/release.html?mdfid=282413305&softwareid=282465789&release=3.0.2.01-tm&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=&reltype=latest. If you need additional assistance, please contact support at http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizhelp.

Thank You,
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quirky Router, September 14, 2007

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N. Propps (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco RV016 16-port 10/100 VPN Router - Multi WAN (Personal Computers)

We purchased the router for its multiple Internet (WAN) inputs for redundancy. While on the surface that works, it will cause problems with remote login via RDP when using dynamic IP addresses since you cannot be sure which IP the system will provide when you login and it can change often so RDP fails a great deal of the time even when using a Dynamic DNS service in the units software. You have to disable one of the WAN sources to get 100% reliability for remote RDP access which then defeats the purpose of the multi WAN option. Of course, if you do not need to login remotely using RDP, this may not be an issue for you.

We also had multiple bugs with the unit and have had to reset many times until we finally gave up and switched to a Netgear VPN Router which has not failed once. So my experience has been that Netgear is a more reliable product overall but Linksys has a few neat features including multi WAN inputs. If the unit would not act up and if tech support were better, it would increase its rating.