Product Description The Linksys 10/100 16-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 16 ports on this Router feature unprecedented versatility. Two are dedicated Internet ports that let you connect a second Internet line as a backup to ensure that you're never disconnected. Or, you can use both Internet ports at the same time, and let the router balance your office's requirements between them for maximum bandwidth efficiency. Not enough? Up to five of the thirteen full-duplex switched 10/100 Ethernet ports can be reconfigured as Internet ports, for an up to seven-port failover or load balanced redundancy! Finally, a dedicated DMZ port gives you a publicly accessible channel so you can set up a web or FTP server, unimpeded by the powerful security features of the Router. 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. 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 16-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 16-Port VPN Router gives you the connection reliability your business needs.
Little disappointedJune 20, 2008 We used to have the RV082, which comes with 8 port PLUS one Internert and one DMZ. Bought this one thinking that it'll have 16 ports PLUS one internet and one DMZ. But look again... it has 16 ports including the Internet and DMZ. Lucky I only need 12 ports.
Nothing But The PositiveFebruary 9, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I see a lot of negative reviews and I think they are somewhat unfair. First off, you should always upgrade the firmware to the latest version before placing in a production environment. Perhaps in the early days the firmware was unstable and thus bugs resulted, but I've been using two of these acting as a gateway tunnel between remote offices and these things are rock solid. The gateway has been up for 257 days now without a hitch. The vpn aspect works great if you know what you are doing, and even then I think its easier to use than other relative products. One reviewer said the PPTP vpn feature (easier to setup than L2TP)just plain doesn't work and I can vouch that its absolutely not true. I have both Windows and Mac clients connecting to the vpn over PPTP and it works perfectly. You do NOT have to use the proprietary linksys vpn software if you do not want to. That piece of software is not perfect but does work and its totally optional.
I don't use all the feature sets on this thing but it has yet to crash on us. We are using all 13 ports in both offices and it handles the traffic just fine without any packet loss.
The ONLY two negatives I can find is that its not gigabit, but at this price point its expected. Secondly, you can't do aggregate linking to a server with dual ethernet ports. Not a big deal for most people. If you are looking for a solid performer with many features I highly recommend this model. You won't find a better product for the price. Just don't forget to upgrade the firmware, which at the time of this writing is 2.0.18
Better know what you are doing if you buy this.January 23, 2008 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have no complaints about the direct product. It works great if you know how to set up the device. If you need any assistance from Linksys Customer Support, I will guarantee you will get frustrated and demand a refund. The Customer Support is TERRIBLE and a one star rating is the lowest I could rate their service. Wish they had half star ratings. I was fortunate and able to stumble upon a soultion by means of trial and error by tinkering with the router. If you are new to routers, don't get this one.
This is worst ever thing I get hands onNovember 14, 2007 I managed to get 5 WAN ADSL/PPOE lines added to it. All in all 10MBit but it used only one of the WAN and I was not able to use multiple WAN feature in any way I can. Connections drop often. I did everything on Server: -change lan card speed to 10MB full duplex after reading from forums -added a new lan card
Look at other places but do not go for this product :(
Quirky RouterSeptember 14, 2007 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
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