Product Description 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 you're never disconnected. Or, use both Internet ports at the same time, and let the router balance your office's 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 offices or traveling users to securely connect into your office network from off-site. Users connecting through a VPN tunnel are attached to your company's network - with secure access to files, e-mail, and your intranet - just as if they were in the building. You can also use the VPN capability to allow users on your small office network to securely connect out to a corporate network.The 10/100 8-Port VPN Router can serve as a DHCP Server, and has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks. It can be configured to filter internal users' access to the Internet, and has IP address filtering so you can specify exactly who has access to your network. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility.As the heart of your small office network, the connection-redundant Linksys 10/100 8-Port VPN Router gives you the connection reliability your business needs.
Okay router, Poor VPN client and documentationNovember 19, 2008 Last year I was in the market for a VPN solution for my home office and after reading some mixed reviews I bought the RV082. The dual WAN, IPSec VPN, firewall and price were the features that sold me and as a relatively savvy VPN user, I figured I could tough it out. Boy was I wrong. This device delivers decent router performance but I couldn't get the QuickVPN software to work at all with Vista clients. The documentation is incomplete and is especially not useful for those who're new to VPN administration. Even after hours of research online and numerous tech support calls I still couldn't get the QuickVPN working, so I gave up on it and switched to another, more configurable IPSec VPN application. This did get the VPN going, and it seems stable so far, but it's annoying and disappointing that it wouldn't work right out of the box.
a terrible excuse for a routerSeptember 4, 2008 I have been using one of these for a few years. I just threw it away. I should have thrown it away years ago.
Even with the latest firmware it doesn't work right and is slow. It's difficult to configure. It's impossible to configure correctly. I've spent many hours on the phone with Linksys tech support, which has proved to be a total waste of time. Even through the router sucks, though, the documentation is even worse.
Save your money. Use dd-wrt. That's what I did.
Stable and fast dual WAN VPN routerFebruary 22, 2008 This is the third Linksys RV082 I have bought, and they are all used to connect several sites securely. Good performers even with high-grade encryption enabled, relatively simple VPN tunnel setup, good recovery from link outages, nice load balancing features for dual WAN links, and very good total system availability. Especially considering the price and the throughput this is a very good deal. The typos in the GUI and the manual luckily don't contribute much to setup challenges if you know what you are doing.
Not a Business Grade DeviceNovember 8, 2007 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This unit basically represents the higher end of the consumer market, but is not overly serviceable as a business grade router. We own two of these routers and they are just not reliable enough. Once configured, a vpn/firewall/router is a device that should soon be forgotten. Not so with the RV082. It is definitely quirky and requires the occasional reset. We have tried several different firmware revisions and all seem to be buggy in different ways. At various times we've had trouble with the VPN, port-forwarding to our database servers, problems with VOIP, and other strange states. I think I've decided that for the price of this unit, you just can't get one box that is a fast and reliable VPN, firewall, and router. It's a little disappointing.
QuickVPN doesn't workMarch 8, 2007 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this router to replace my Netgeart FVS318 that was fried when we got hit by lightning. The VPN utility that came with that was too hard for the average user to configure, so the Linksys and QuickVPN utility looked good. Unfortunately the QuickVPN doesn't work, and spent quit a lot of time with Linksys tech support and still no luck. So if you're looking at this for the ease of VPN with QuickVPN, you may want to consider something else.
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