Linksys RV016 10/100 16-Port VPN Router

Manufacturer: Linksys Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$479.99 Our Price:$424.32 Features: A high-reliability Internet connection-sharing router and 16-port switch for small business Features up to 7 Internet ports for load balancing and connection redundancy Securely connects up to 50 remote users to your office network via VPN Advanced SPI firewall protects your PCs from most known Internet attacks Description:

Reviews:

Nothing But The Positive
I see the reviews negative a lot and I we think that they are in some way unjust. In the first place outside, you would have to always modernize firmware to the last version before the disposition in a production atmosphere. Perhaps in the days in advance payment firmware was unstable and the bugs have turned out therefore, but I am using two of that fungus from traforo of the Gateway between the offices at a distance and these things is solid of the cliff. The Gateway has had place hour in on for 257 days without a legamento. The function of the vpn works large if you even know that what been making and then relative task the easiest one to use that other relative products you. A critic has said the characteristic of the vpn of PPTP (easier to install that L2TP)just simply does not work and can vouch that the relative one absolutely to align. I have is Windows that the customers of the mac that they connect to the vpn over PPTP and it works perfectly. You do not have to use the classified software of the vpn of the linksys if not wished to That the software part is not perfect but works and relative the completely optional one. Use all the insiemi of the characteristic on this thing but does not have still to arrest itself on we. We are using all and the 13 orificii in both offices and hardly handles the traffic very well without some loss of the package. ONLY the two negations that I can find are that the relative one not gigabit, but to this relative one of the point of estimated prices. Secondarily, you cannot make the connection aggregate to an assistant with the orificii double of Ethernet. Not a great transaction for the greater part of people. If been trying a solid executor with many characteristics I highly suggest this model. You will not find a better product for the price. It is not hardly forgotten to modernize firmware, than to the times of this writing it is 2.0.18


Better know what you are doing if you buy this.
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 on
They are successful to obtain 5 lines PALES of ADSL/PPOE added to it. All in all the 10MBit but in it have only used one of the WAN and I could not use the characteristic multiple PALE in some sense that I can. The connections often fall. I have made all on the assistant: - the speed of card of lan of the change to 10MB in full colleague after the reading from the tribunes - it has added a new look of the card of lan to other places but they do not go for this product: (


Quirky Router
We have bought the router for the multiple relati ones to you input of Internet (WAN) for the overabundance. While on the surface that works, it will cause to the problems with the remote login via RDP when using the dynamic IP recalls since you cannot be sure that the IP the system will supply when beginning activity and it you can often change so as to RDP comes to lack the very many time also when using a dynamic service DNS in the software of the units. You must inabilitare one of the sources PALES in order to obtain reliability 100% for RDP access at a distance that then defeats the scope of the option fines PALE. Naturally, if you do not have need of the beginning activity that using at a distance RDP, this cannot be an edition for you. Moreover we have had multiple bugs with the unit and have we must to risistemazione many times until that finally we did not give in on and commutassimo to a router of Netgear VPN that has not been gotten out of order once. Therefore my experience has been that Netgear is shirts surer of the product but Linksys has some accurate characteristics comprised input the fines PALES. If the unit were not behaved high and if the technical support were better, it would increase the relative appraisal.


Mixed
I have had the RV016 for some years. In a generalized manner they are stirred rather. My greater disappointment is with the support of Linksys. I have had difficulty to shape the possibilities double PALES and I have not never obtained some aid from Linksys. To the fine ones I am using a single WAN (sees under). I would preview very more best, or at least some, support a router expensive like this. Some applications have obtained confused when I was using two WAN. I have had this problem with 2 or 3 applications, so as to I think suspicion that correcting it is directed it, but after the HOURS of fiddling and call of the aid of Linksys, I have obtained in no place. The other surprise was that not there is sense to be communicated if one of the WAN goes down. I have double connettività for the overabundance, but if one comes to lack, not there is sense to make to inform them the RV016. Hour I maintain both the inserted WAN, but only assets port. Someone must commutare the connettività in the case that the primary WAN goes down. From the positive side, really I appreciate many of the advance characteristics: * The NATIONAL systems of value univoco gush. Mine assistants are entramba the part of mine lan while I often had an address external PALE * control at a distance the RV016, comprised the spin of one and outside of orificii the physicists several * I have found the putting in VPNs work to other Gateways reasonably directed. Conclusion: All soppesato is enough characteristic that works, or at least that I understand, that they are happy with the RV016. I augur some of the other worked the made characteristics publicity to or more best has been documented.


file sharing problematic
Was never able to reestablish file sharing while using this router. Tried various fixes. Was using XP on desktops and laptops. Was told they offer no support for file sharing. Sought advice elsewhere. None of it worked. Returned the item.


Poor for big LANs
They have been forced to obtain three of these. Every it has been used on a hotel with the people that come and that it goes. All have had to firmware dawn to you. During the out of order seasons, the product would work very well. That is when 5-10 people to the day were using it. When 50 or more people were using it, ALL ONE OF THEY WOULD COME TO LACK and DEMANDS REBOOTING, often multiple periods to the day. The support of Linksys HAS SAID me that if more than 10 people they were on it to the time, came to lack poor. All. If not occupied of rebooting in a enviroment piled up, or you only have 5-10 people that need of this to the time has and simply you have need of a redundant shape of access of the Internet, this will work very well. If your requirement are larger, choose the peplink.


Don't install any new firmware
I have made the error of installation of new firmware and hour I cannot obtain some kind of connection of the Internet from the external part. The ftp, the table at a distance, etc, entire is not successful to connect. The new one firmware obstructs all connecitons the receipts. I have communicated with technical support that of several Linksys cronometrano and could not return of new to firmware of defect of the factory. I have had to carry in domestic mine router, a RV082, than I had not dawned, in order to replace that one in the office. If wished a router with the refractory wall of the test of the bullet, I had obtained it in the drawer.


Rock Solid!
Hour I am using this router for 8 months and I have not had problems with. Various of other products of Linksys, I never have I do not have to risistemazione this a single time because it had hung. Running Uptime is of 146 days. The last time that rebooted it was because one new UPS was installanda. Systems of equilibratura of the cargo very well (use 3 connections of the Internet from 2 ISPs). P2PTP VPN works with from Windows


Very satisfied for the price.
I use this router on our permanent main net of approximately 40 customers and the others 20 approximately customers (customers) that they come and they go. Anytime it is negotiating 50 - 65 customers via DHCP through four 24 switches ten 4 control orifice to you approximately - 8 ship-boys port and six WAP. The customers come and go every day, some with other of the mac with the PC and must not make never qualche.cosa to obtain them on the Internet. During the two years he has been in service that task that rebooted once it and is not positive that it was the problem since reboot with the modem, the switches and the router. The things obtain occasionally extinguished for maintenance, but watching the page of admin of router the hour it is making to work 54 days straight. I must say that it is the much stablest one than other small routers that they make publicity to transport 99 addresses of DHCP but really can only transport approximately 10 without must use the IP static. It is powerful interface del browser leaves them to easy control the bandwidth port, the function port and the priority dell' orifice. Some units more have need or little speed or clean priority. The notifications of emergency via the email maintain it to the attacks in top upgrade them. The effect on due speed the emergency characteristics was negligible. "the demand PALE for the block" even maintains to ours just ISP seeing them. All these things are simple to install. Poichè router of base it is much powerful one. Only to come short those I see are with the equilibratura of the cargo. That really seems to delay the speed meaningfully. Task that is right too much affinchè the CPU handlings. My intention was possession two different ISP for the overabundance. As a difficulty I leaves both supplying ones connects but active only an orifice to you PALE to the time. If a WAN goes down I can really activate quickly the other orifice PALE without anyone that it is influenced. The other ISP pricipalmente is used however for the ftp On the problems with VPN, we do not use them so as to I cannot comment that one. In the closing, you could spend the migliaia in order to obtain some of the characteristics that facilitate the sottoreti and load the equilibratura, since of the price that works very well. Modernization: I have from I have bought a second RV016 (to firmware 2.0.13) with the same solid performances. I have read on some of the problems that others are having and said that the compatibility with other suppliers is an edition to consider. Moreover for means of the switches against the ship-boys it takes some of the cargo outside of the CPU of the routers.


VPN this !
I have spold 2 days on the telephone with Linksys that tries to make this job of what. Not hardly. The characteristics of router/switch/firewall work very well. When it comes to VPN... forgets it. He is not compatible with some customer respectable of IPSec VPN. The authentication options are not adapted for the customers furnish with the dynamic IPS (you cannot specify in order to connect hardly from some IP address) and theirs just customer of VPN (QuickVPN) are incompatible with the customers of the Cisco and Nortel VPN (cannot be installed on the same calculating) therefore if been using there is some of these softwares in order to connect to other VPNs do not buy this product.


Fine for basic needs, awful for anything slightly advanced.
This is not the router for you. Although it does do a decent job at balancing two WAN's, everything else falls short.

* The 50 client VPN server it advertises needs a proprietary windows-only VPN client from Linksys. It also has a PPTP server -- that doesn't work. The PPTP option was added in a later firmware, and I have not been able to find a single person for whom it works, but plenty who are in the same situation of it disconnecting after authentication. (UPDATE: as of 2.0.13 this *finally* works)

* The manual advertises several features, like telnet access, which it doesn't have.

* It will reap idle connections before they need to be done; if you use ssh it will disconnect you within minutes if you aren't actively typing. I've reported this to tech support several times but have been told that this is how all routers behave (which is funny, because if I put a WRT54G in its place, everything works fine)

* Calling for support on any issues with your router is abysmal: thick accents which are hard to understand, and none of the support employees understand basic networking terms. I've been told by tech support several times that things I want to do with my router (like setting up 1 to 1 NAT / forwarding) is impossible not only with their model, but with *all* models. Usually when I'm told something is impossible to do with TCP I'll find a firmware update a few months later that fixes it.

* The 2.0.13 firmware has introduced a new great bug where SSH connections get a "Connection Reset by Peer" during the authentication phase for 80% of attempts.

* One day my T1 went out. This caused the Linksys router to stop forwarding *all* traffic across my other WANs until the router was physically reset to factory defaults and reconfigured from scratch.

* Any dialog in the web interface that has a large list of settings (such as IP forwards, VPN users, etc) apparently get completely and immediately wiped out clean if you hit the enter key instead of the "Save" link at the bottom of the page -- not so good if you have any production servers behind this router.


So, what are good alternatives?
* I've tried free routers, including pfSense, but even with years of Linux/BSD experience, it's still likely you won't get them running, and message board / mailing list support seldom resolves your qualms.
* In it's price class (and slightly higher), take a look at the PePLink Balancer series. If you just want 2-3 connections, it won't run you too much more.
* If you want to go one step up from there, you have to suck it up and get a Cisco router; a 1841 with modules will do what you need, but probably run in around $2,500 plus an annual support contract.


Very unstable and getting worse
Hour I have had this router for in a year and I have not had nothing but every difficulty version of firmware repairs the old bugs and adds the new ones. I have spold the hours countless with their square of technical support without fortune. If you even obtain one tightened of an honest person of technical support to the linksys they will admit that this router is a lot buggy. The greater part is trains to you in order to play as this is before the time never has felt the bug that been describing. With the last ones firmware finally the risistemazioni of router the every net have convinced the IPSEC for being in some way stable but hour therefore often. Rather relative task to make a PPTP connection. This risistemazione arrests to mine customer assistant app. I have dawned this from the linksys vp41 - why hour I interrogate that one is router of a low cost much VPN that really works. Any - it does not waste your time with this product. I wish that I have not had.


Solid, Stable, Dig deep and you'll find a gem.
When it came down to it, I closed my eyes and ignored my gut to buy the Watchguard v100($4000), just because I could not ignore the $400 price tag for this firewall/router. After 2 months in the full production, I realize this guy was a steal. The biggest asset is the port forwarding feature. This gem of a feature lets me serve up web content from my server farm behind a single IP address. (I also use a proxy, to work some magic...poof) I have not had any lock up issues (like the previous author...) granted I could have a new version of firmware. Yes it is true you might have to hold your nose when your around linksys wireless routers, but for some reason they managed to get their act together when they put this package together...For the record: The documentation clearly states that a max of 7 wan ports can be used.(I usually read up before I make a purchase)


RV016 is an unstable 13 port router
We have bought this on the recommendation from the support of sales of Linksys that would repair 14 orificii of the downlink. Supplied Poichè the RV016 is router port 13 with 1 orifice dedicated of DMZ and 2 orificii PALES (5 of the others 13 orificii can be modified for the additional WAN). Ulterior argument with the support technicial of Linksys indicates that this device has stability editions and does not work well with the switchs of Linksys. It blocks periodically in on and it demands systemwide one risistemazione. It does not preview some support if bought this product. My calls have been directed in India and to the Philipines and I have been made the questions comprised "that color is your cables"



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