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- Integrated four-port 10/100 Mbps switch provides quality of service (QoS) and VLAN support
- Support for Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility
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The typical configuration for the RV120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall. View larger
Wireless firewall combines highly secure connectivity with high-speed wireless access
Obtain highly secure connectivity to the Internet and from remote locations and workers with the Cisco RV120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall. This cost-effective firewall combines highly secure connectivity with a high-speed wireless access point, 4-port switch, an intuitive, browser-based device manager, and support for Small Business QuickVPN software.
The Cisco RV120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall features high-speed, standards-based 802.11n wireless connectivity to help employees stay productive while away from their desks. An integrated 4-port 10/100 switch with quality of service (QoS) support enables enhanced voice, video and data traffic. IP Security (IPsec) VPN support with hardware acceleration delivers highly secure, high-performance connections to multiple locations and traveling employees.
Featuring a 4-port 10/100 switch with QoS support. View larger
Support for the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility
The RV120W is compatible with Cisco's FindIT Network Discovery Utility software. The Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility provides a mechanism to automatically discover and display information about select Cisco Small Business devices in your network, in order to simplify management, troubleshooting, and deployment. FindIT also provides a toolbar for your browser with quick links to Cisco Small Business applications and support resources.
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. The RV120W supports static routing, Routing Information Protocol (RIP) versions 1 and 2, and inter-VLAN routing to enable flexible connection sharing.
Create IP access control lists, MAC-based wireless access control, and custom wireless profiles. Employ powerful content filtering including static URL blocking and keyword blocking. Add compatible devices to your network easily with Wireless Protected Setup (WPS).
Strong Security
The RV120W provides strong security with proven stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall, plus advanced wireless security to help keep business assets safe. The firewall offers port forwarding and triggering, Denial of Service (DoS) prevention, and software-based DMZ. WPA2 and AES encryption provide advanced protection to allow your clients to connect to your business network safely.
Supports up to 4 VLANs
Support for separate "virtual" networks enables you to control access to sensitive information and to set up highly secure wireless guest access. The RV120W can create up to 4 VLANs will full access control and content filtering.
What's in the Box
RV120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, documentation and software on CD-ROM, network cable, AC power adapter, Quick Start guide.
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Which Cisco Small Business Router is Right for You? | ||||||||
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 |  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
Cisco RV 120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall combines secure connectivityto the Internet, site to site, and remote accesswith a high-speed, 802.11n wireless access point, a 4-port switch, and an intuitive, browser-based device manager, along with support for Cisco FindIT, a free network discovery utility.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
The manufacturer commented on the review below
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
The biggest problem this device has is bad documentation. Although it is a long document, it doesn't say anything, it just repeats the user interface on the device. It doesn't go on to explain things.
The second problem is that it is just not ready yet. There are a lot of little glitches, and a few major ones. Currently there is only the first version of the firmware available. You probably want to wait for the next update.
Don't consider this unless you have some business networking experience. Don't expect to just plug it in and go. You need to review the many options and make sure they are set correctly. From looking at other reviews, a lot of the other people buying this have troubles because they don't know what a lot of the settings do and have no idea whether it is configured properly. Given the state of documentation, that isn't their fault.
Major problems: The QuickVPN client (that you run on your laptops to connect over the VPN) requires Administrator rights to work. From a security point of view, this is anti-security. Also, there are no diagnostics if the QuickVPN doesn't connect so you have no help figuring out if the problem was permissions, bad password, already connected, some intermediate device dropping IPSEC, etc.
You need to disable the UDP Flood attack check that is enabled by default. This can block outbound DNS requests and interferes with some web pages and will kill an internal caching DNS server.
If you connect to the ISP with a static IP address and the WAN interface disconnects (upstream device reset, power loss, cable pulled), it stays disabled until you manually log in to the RV120W and re-enable it. Obviously, this must be done locally, where you may not have staff to do it.
Minor problems: QuickVPN does not give you a local IP address (like L2TP/PPTP) so you may have other issues since your network sees a foreign address. If you try to connect to administer the device over HTTP, it doesn't redirect to HTTPS, but it doesn't work either. The administration interface is sluggish at best. Occasionally the CPU seems to peg at 100% for no apparent reason. This will hurt performance when it happens. The logs are obviously a mishmash of different software components and don't use a common format, even for the date/time stamp so they are not always time sorted. I haven't gotten remote logging to work yet. The logs include a lot of things you probably don't care about and don't include some that you probably do.
Note there are plenty of functions I haven't used (including wireless) that I can't comment on.
All that said, I've decided to keep the unit. I measured 16Mb/s VPN throughput (using QuickVPN) which is enough to max the ISP connection. It is small and draws little power. It has a number of firewall features I need, some very nice ones like packet capture, and after way, Way, WAY too much time to figure out how to set up, actually does work.
The second problem is that it is just not ready yet. There are a lot of little glitches, and a few major ones. Currently there is only the first version of the firmware available. You probably want to wait for the next update.
Don't consider this unless you have some business networking experience. Don't expect to just plug it in and go. You need to review the many options and make sure they are set correctly. From looking at other reviews, a lot of the other people buying this have troubles because they don't know what a lot of the settings do and have no idea whether it is configured properly. Given the state of documentation, that isn't their fault.
Major problems: The QuickVPN client (that you run on your laptops to connect over the VPN) requires Administrator rights to work. From a security point of view, this is anti-security. Also, there are no diagnostics if the QuickVPN doesn't connect so you have no help figuring out if the problem was permissions, bad password, already connected, some intermediate device dropping IPSEC, etc.
You need to disable the UDP Flood attack check that is enabled by default. This can block outbound DNS requests and interferes with some web pages and will kill an internal caching DNS server.
If you connect to the ISP with a static IP address and the WAN interface disconnects (upstream device reset, power loss, cable pulled), it stays disabled until you manually log in to the RV120W and re-enable it. Obviously, this must be done locally, where you may not have staff to do it.
Minor problems: QuickVPN does not give you a local IP address (like L2TP/PPTP) so you may have other issues since your network sees a foreign address. If you try to connect to administer the device over HTTP, it doesn't redirect to HTTPS, but it doesn't work either. The administration interface is sluggish at best. Occasionally the CPU seems to peg at 100% for no apparent reason. This will hurt performance when it happens. The logs are obviously a mishmash of different software components and don't use a common format, even for the date/time stamp so they are not always time sorted. I haven't gotten remote logging to work yet. The logs include a lot of things you probably don't care about and don't include some that you probably do.
Note there are plenty of functions I haven't used (including wireless) that I can't comment on.
All that said, I've decided to keep the unit. I measured 16Mb/s VPN throughput (using QuickVPN) which is enough to max the ISP connection. It is small and draws little power. It has a number of firewall features I need, some very nice ones like packet capture, and after way, Way, WAY too much time to figure out how to set up, actually does work.
The manufacturer commented on this review
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Hi BBB,
Thank you for your feedback! We are continually working to improve the user experience and that includes documentation.
Regarding the other problems you encountered, did you try contacting Small Business Support (http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizhelp)? The Small Business Support Community (http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizsupport) is another good resource to get the help you need.
Thanks again for your comments. They're helpful as we continue to improve our products.
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team
Thank you for your feedback! We are continually working to improve the user experience and that includes documentation.
Regarding the other problems you encountered, did you try contacting Small Business Support (http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizhelp)? The Small Business Support Community (http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizsupport) is another good resource to get the help you need.
Thanks again for your comments. They're helpful as we continue to improve our products.
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team
The manufacturer commented on the review below
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Ok, after waiting for this to come back in stock for a few weeks, I finally got it. I've had Linksys, D-Link, and Netgear network hardware, and wasn't satisfied by them. Yes, I know Linksys is owned by Cisco, but let's face it, if you know networking, you know they AREN'T the same.
Now before I get flack for my title, the setup being easy is relative to your savvy. If you've never heard of VPN, don't know what QOS or SPI stand for and actually mean, this probably isn't the route to take. There are TONS of decent home user level routers that do what you want, and are probably a bit easier to determine what features you want to use or don't want to use. Now, for the rest, this is a decent buy.
Not that I'm a CCNA or above, but I know when I don't get what I want out of a router. I also know that I love to tinker with my tech toys, and this gives me the freedom to giggle like a fool while I fiddle with the features. All in all, thumbs up.
Pros:
* Price. Let's face it; the Cisco Small Business line is a smashing deal. Cisco gear at a decent price? That's not to say that Linksys or Netgear doesn't make their "Professional Series" gear with the same functionality, but I trust Cisco. At ~150 bucks, you can't beat it.
* All the nitty gritty features that everyone wants, but no one wants to setup via the CLI, can be done through the web setup interface. In fact, you have no choice (that being said, don't go nuts on this point until you see Cons).
* Logging. Yes, logging. Basic, but necessary. The routers I've known didn't have logs available.
* Status reports. View how your router's doing. Things going slowly and suspect an attack? You can check your router's logs and the reports to see if things indicate an attack. How many home users can say that?!
Cons:
* No command line option. At least not that I've read about or seen. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure how viable this is for a business as this is the case.
* Setup can be a bit touchy, though overall it isn't bad. The detecting router portion of it was a bit flaky, but again, not something that was a deal breaker.
Conclusion:
This is a power users router, or an extremely small business router that doesn't have a network administrator/NOC. Not something I'd implement if you have those things and if you need completely customized configurations. It just won't have all the flexibility or power of a higher scale solution.
I'll update this after I use the router more, but thus far, it's neat. We'll see if the Cisco quality came along with the branding on the small business series.
Now before I get flack for my title, the setup being easy is relative to your savvy. If you've never heard of VPN, don't know what QOS or SPI stand for and actually mean, this probably isn't the route to take. There are TONS of decent home user level routers that do what you want, and are probably a bit easier to determine what features you want to use or don't want to use. Now, for the rest, this is a decent buy.
Not that I'm a CCNA or above, but I know when I don't get what I want out of a router. I also know that I love to tinker with my tech toys, and this gives me the freedom to giggle like a fool while I fiddle with the features. All in all, thumbs up.
Pros:
* Price. Let's face it; the Cisco Small Business line is a smashing deal. Cisco gear at a decent price? That's not to say that Linksys or Netgear doesn't make their "Professional Series" gear with the same functionality, but I trust Cisco. At ~150 bucks, you can't beat it.
* All the nitty gritty features that everyone wants, but no one wants to setup via the CLI, can be done through the web setup interface. In fact, you have no choice (that being said, don't go nuts on this point until you see Cons).
* Logging. Yes, logging. Basic, but necessary. The routers I've known didn't have logs available.
* Status reports. View how your router's doing. Things going slowly and suspect an attack? You can check your router's logs and the reports to see if things indicate an attack. How many home users can say that?!
Cons:
* No command line option. At least not that I've read about or seen. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure how viable this is for a business as this is the case.
* Setup can be a bit touchy, though overall it isn't bad. The detecting router portion of it was a bit flaky, but again, not something that was a deal breaker.
Conclusion:
This is a power users router, or an extremely small business router that doesn't have a network administrator/NOC. Not something I'd implement if you have those things and if you need completely customized configurations. It just won't have all the flexibility or power of a higher scale solution.
I'll update this after I use the router more, but thus far, it's neat. We'll see if the Cisco quality came along with the branding on the small business series.
The manufacturer commented on this review
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Hi Huh? Wha?,
Thank you for the positive comments! We really appreciate the feedback, and are happy to hear you are overall satisfied with your purchase.
Thank You,
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team
Thank you for the positive comments! We really appreciate the feedback, and are happy to hear you are overall satisfied with your purchase.
Thank You,
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team
The manufacturer commented on the review below
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased this device as a replacement for higher end Cisco devices that have networking limitations (such as the ASA5505 and the 871W). The key features that I liked on this model where:
Multi-VLAN capabilities and Inter VLAN Routing
The ability to tie several WIFI SSIDs into the appliance.
The big one.. IPSEC VPN capabilities built into the appliance. Can be used as an EZVPN Client in NE mode.
The price point was also far sweeter on this small business line vs the higher end Cisco appliances.
Now for the Cons:
If you have read the other posts on the code not being stable and the configuration being a bit troublesome to deal with. They are right.
I found several bugs with regards to the ability to configure the VPN elements and to keep them running, but I was able to find workarounds that didn't involve rebooting the RV every night.
There also seems to be a random lag when accessing certain content from the web which I am assuming means somewhere the device is dropping packets but this is not confirmed.
No built-in PoE (a single port or two would have been awesome)
In summary. Like any other version 1 code release I would expect things not to be overly polished just yet but I do hope Cisco pumps out a new code release soon. For the cost of the device and I would hope a few more code revisions to stabilize some functionality this product is a great buy over other SOHO models.
Multi-VLAN capabilities and Inter VLAN Routing
The ability to tie several WIFI SSIDs into the appliance.
The big one.. IPSEC VPN capabilities built into the appliance. Can be used as an EZVPN Client in NE mode.
The price point was also far sweeter on this small business line vs the higher end Cisco appliances.
Now for the Cons:
If you have read the other posts on the code not being stable and the configuration being a bit troublesome to deal with. They are right.
I found several bugs with regards to the ability to configure the VPN elements and to keep them running, but I was able to find workarounds that didn't involve rebooting the RV every night.
There also seems to be a random lag when accessing certain content from the web which I am assuming means somewhere the device is dropping packets but this is not confirmed.
No built-in PoE (a single port or two would have been awesome)
In summary. Like any other version 1 code release I would expect things not to be overly polished just yet but I do hope Cisco pumps out a new code release soon. For the cost of the device and I would hope a few more code revisions to stabilize some functionality this product is a great buy over other SOHO models.
The manufacturer commented on this review
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Hi JP!
Thank you for the feedback! We appreciate the helpful comments. Glad to hear you are overall satisfied with your router. For further support, feel free to visit the Small Business Support Community (http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizsupport) and follow us on Twitter (@CiscoSBsupport). We are listening!
Thank You,
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team
Thank you for the feedback! We appreciate the helpful comments. Glad to hear you are overall satisfied with your router. For further support, feel free to visit the Small Business Support Community (http://www.cisco.com/go/smallbizsupport) and follow us on Twitter (@CiscoSBsupport). We are listening!
Thank You,
Diana
Cisco Small Business Team
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Returned it
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My cordless phone can receive a signal any place in my house, not so with this router.
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