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Product Description
Network connections are the backbone of business connections. One of the Cisco Small Business Routers, the RV042 Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Router supports up to four wired and 50 off-site connections. The latter allows users to connect into your network with secure access to your files and intranet. The RV042 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 they're used for backup or speed boosting, the router's networking hardware will keep bottlenecks away from your network, period.
- LAN Ports - 4 10/100 Mbps RJ-45
- WAN Ports - 2 10/100 Mbps RJ-45
- Weight - 1.27 lbs.
Cisco RV042 4-port 10/100 VPN Router - Dual WAN Reviews
Cisco RV042 4-port 10/100 VPN Router - Dual WAN Reviews
| The manufacturer commented on the review below See comments 105 of 110 people found the following review helpful  Firmware for RV042 lags the RV082..., By R H (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Cisco RV042 4-port 10/100 VPN Router - Dual WAN (Personal Computers) I wanted a low-cost VPN solution and had been debating purchasing the Cisco 501 PIX firewall and Netscreen's lowest end 5GT VPN router (which costs $450 + maintenance/support contracts) before discovering this bargain model. Tom's Networking Hardware has a good review about the RV082 holding up with Netscreen's 5GT VPN router in performance tests, which pretty much convinced me to get this Linksys brand. I use the RV082 for our main office and the RV042 as a client in our remote office in mainland China, so I can't say for sure that an RV042-RV042 solution works. Note: If you intend to purchase this model and use it for an international location, however, you do need to purchase a separate 220 volt/1000 mA/12 volt adapter, since the unit only comes with a 110 volt adapter. (Linksys apparently has yet to provide a universal power adapter for this product line.)I thought the RV042 would be exactly the same as the RV082 except with 4 ports instead of 8. However, I found... Read more  The manufacturer commented on this review( What's this?) Posted on Jun 7, 2011 3:22:22 PM PDT Hi R H, Thank you for the positive feedback, and detailed review! We are glad to hear you are overall satisfied with your RV042! We appreciate the review. Thank You, Diana Cisco Small Business Team The manufacturer commented on the review below See comments 33 of 33 people found the following review helpful  Decent, but Has Typical Linksys Shortcomings, By Hermin Hollerith, Maker of Tacky Wreaths in t... (Ann Arbor, MI and Generally Man of the World) - See all my reviews  Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Cisco RV042 4-port 10/100 VPN Router - Dual WAN (Personal Computers) This is a typical Linksys product where the hardware design is excellent, software design is mediocre and documentation is lacking.This router is perfect for home, SOHO or (very) small office use. The router is an extremely fast device and the firewall very capable. It also does a very good job of IPSEC and PPTP VPN access and has no problem supporting multiple connections (which is something my DD-WRT enabled WRT54GL could not handle). The Linksys QuickVPN software is frustrating to get working. If will renumber your internal network whenever someone uses the software. So be aware that you must number your network in the 10.x.x.x address range even though the router comes out of the box numbered as 192.168.1.1. There is only one place I found this little bit of information and without it, I would have never figured out why QuickVPN doesn't work. QuickVPN only permits you to usurp the default gateway of the machine to your remote network. However, once it... Read more The manufacturer commented on this review( What's this?) Posted on Jun 10, 2011 11:22:05 AM PDT Hi Hermin, Sorry to hear you experienced some issues with the RV042 router. We're continually working to improve both the user interface and documentation for a better user experience. Regarding the difficulties you experienced configuring IPSec, the administration guide may have the information you need. You can find the documentation here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/c Thank you for your feedback! Diana Cisco Small Business Team 18 of 19 people found the following review helpful  Built in self destruct, By This review is from: Cisco RV042 4-port 10/100 VPN Router - Dual WAN (Personal Computers) Our company bought two of this model in 2005 for our new branch office. After we set them up, it works just fine. We didn't use any of the advanced features at that time. After reading the user's guide and online forum at the Linksys web site, we found out that there are a battery inside the router that is NOT user replaceable. You need to send it in for replacement. Sure enough, we now have two routers that can't retain any configuration settings. They all reset to factary default all of a sudden, one after 1 year, the other after 1 and half year.Also note, we updated one of the router to newest firmware, which prevents any kind of connection from the internet. Needless to say, my boss is really crossed with me because I was the one recommend the model. |
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