Cisco RV082 8-port 10/100 VPN Router - Dual WAN

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• Product Dimensions: 11 x 10 x 2 inches ; 5.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000ZI1FG
• Item model number: RV082
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 13, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Maximum Ports; Maximum Connections. Network connections are the backbone of business connections. Formerly Linksys Business Series, now Cisco Small Business Routers, the RV082 VPN Router supports up to eight wired and 100 off-site connections. The latter allows users to connect into your network with secure access to your files and intranet. The RV082 comes with dual Internet ports that can serve as a failsafe system for 24/7 network uptime or as a secondary connection to a separate Internet provider. Whether it's used for backup or speed boosting, the router's networking hardware will keep bottlenecks away from your network, period.

Overview

Connecting your small business to the outside world is as important as connecting your internal network devices to each other. Make all these exchanges securely with Cisco Small Business Routers.

Cisco Small Business Routers support:

• VPN: Virtual private network technology lets your remote workers connect to your network through a secure Internet pathway. They can access their email and files as if they were in the office.
• Security: Built-in firewalls, advanced encryption, and authentication features protect your network from external threats, keeping your business assets safe.
• Connectivity: All Cisco Small Business Routers come with multiple connection options for maximum network expandability. Whether you're using them for an increased number of physical ports or wireless connectivity, these routers are built to deliver advanced connection sharing.

Product Features

• Secure access at the heart of a small business network
• Supports eight 10/100 wired connections for fast network transfers
• Supports load balancing and failover redundancy on up to two ports
• Supports the optional Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway for email and web security
• Maximum VPN Connections: 100
• Offsite network access through VPN connections
• Built-in Ethernet switch ports
• Security features that keep your network safe
• Secure VPN connectivity that uses encryption to give remote workers access to your network and its data
• Fast Ethernet switch ports
• Link redundancy and load-balancing features on some models that improve system uptime and performance by using multiple ports to connect to the Internet
• Security features, including proven firewalls, support for Wi-Fi security standards on wireless models, and optional Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway Security Service on some models to help fight spam, viruses, and web threats
• Web-based configuration that simplifies the setup process

Product Description

The heart of your connection-redundant secure small office network The Linksys 10/100 8-Port VPN Router is an advanced Internet-sharing network solution for your small business needs. Like any router, it lets multiple computers in your office share an Internet connection. But the unique dual Internet ports on the 10/100 8-Port VPN Router let you connect a second Internet line as a backup to insure that youre never disconnected. Or, use both Internet ports at the same time, and let the router balance your offices requirements between them for maximum bandwidth efficiency. The 10/100 8-Port VPN Router also features a built-in 8-port full-duplex 10/100 Ethernet switch to connect eight PCs directly, or you can connect more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. The Virtual Private Network (VPN) capability creates encrypted tunnels through the Internet, allowing up to 50 remote office or traveling users to securely connect into your office network from off-site.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An IMPORTANT tip, January 7, 2006

By	online all the time (Fairfield, IA) - See all my reviews

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Okay, this will be brief and is being posted only as helpful hint rather than an indepth review.

If your speeds are fine when directly connected to your ISP, but are slow or unstable when running through the RV082 try the following:

Under the firewall tab, there is an MTU setting. You MUST take this off of Auto and use the manual setting. In my case the default manual setting of 1500 is what I needed. This solved the incredible slowdown problems I was having - in fact now I have the best speeds I have ever seen on my network.

Thanks to "Lone Stranger" and the Google search in which I found his post for finally providing me with this answer after hours of frustration. No thanks to linksys email support, who was of no use at all.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not ready for primetime, May 21, 2004

By	E. Chan (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

With all the mediocre reviews here, I was hesitant in buying this router. I bought it anyway because it is the cheapest router around with dual WAN and load balancing. Despite some of the earlier review, I am happy to report that I found everything worked including VPN, firewall, 1 to 1 NAT. And, they all worked fine together with one exception (see below).

But, I did find the router to be very unstable. In the last 2 months of operations, I have had to reset it at least a dozen times. In most cases, it either failed to route, assign DHCP addresses, connect VPN or the web interface failed to respond. And, it always requires a power down cold start. I am beginning to think the reset button on the front is for decoration only.
In the past 3 years, my primary WAN has only failed a handful of times, what good is dual WAN if the router fails more than that in just 2 months.

This doesn't include the hundred of times that I have to reset the unit during configuration. Sometimes, the unit's software will get itself into a knot after you save a configuration. It stills works (as a router) but some of the functions like NAT or VPN won't work correctly. This is very frustrating because you don't know if it is the software bug or wrong configuration. And, of course, there are the typical cases where the unit will completely freeze up after a config save. But, at least you can see it is dead and reset it.

The most disappointing thing I found was the one thing I liked about the router, dual WAN. The router will only keep both WANs up if you have it in auto load balance mode. Otherwise, it will to shut down the 2nd WAN even in manual balance mode. A problem if you want to use the IP address on the 2nd WAN for incoming traffic. The other problem is that the VPN doesn't always work when it is in load balance mode but it works fine in single WAN backup mode.

Bottom line, you get what you paid for and I will not buy this unit again. Definitely not worth the headache of having the whole office scream at you every other day because the Internet is down, again!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good small office router, October 14, 2004

By	Ogi (Newark, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Good small business router

Strengths:
Load balanced Internet connection options are great. Decent firewall.

Weaknesses:
VPN is a little complicated to connect to from xp/2000 Client. Have to play with the IPSec settings.

I am using the RV042 and a RV082 to connect an office in the US with an office in East Europe. The VPN is working perfectly.
- Excellent performance.
- Very reliable.