Linksys RVS4000 4-Port Gigabit Security Router with VPN

Average customer rating: 2.5

VPN doesn't work
Works Great & No Problems Setting It Up
Great IPS feature
A cool product for my business
Dissapointing

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Linksys RVS4000 4-Port Gigabit Security Router with VPN

Manufacturer: Linksys
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000GQXFUK

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Product Description

Protection of your network is a mission critical activity. Linksys builds powerful security into every product to keep your wired and wireless networks safe. Linksys Small Business Series systems have advanced firewall, encryption and authentication features to protect you from network threats - threats that can seriously disrupt or damage your business by stealing your valuable data, slowing down your network and interfering with business-critical applications. Linksys systems ensure maximum application availability enabling you to meet corporate governance and business continuance requirements. The Linksys Small Business Series is the affordable, reliable, high quality networking solution that helps you do business smarter. Secure and easy to install and maintain, it's built to grow with your business.As broadband speeds increase most 10/100 gateways do not have the power to support those higher data rates, and thus become the bottleneck in the network. The RVS4000 10/100/1000 4-Port VPN Router works at Gigabit speeds to meet the demands of today's networks. It features Linksys' proven SPI Firewall with an integrated Intrusion Detection and Prevent System (IDS/IPS). Its built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch can connect up four PCs directly, or additional hubs and switches. The QoS features provide consistent voice and video quality throughout your business.In addition, the RVS4000 features a Virtual Private Network (VPN) security engine that creates encrypted "IPSec tunnels" through the Internet. The IPSec VPN tunnels enable remote users from at home, or on the road to easily, and securely connect to the office network through a typical wired or wireless broadband connection. When used with another RVS4000 or other Linksys VPN router, "branch-to-branch" connections can be established allowing users in a remote office to connect to the corporate network.

Customer Reviews:

VPN doesn't work.......2007-05-26

The entire reason I bought this router is for VPN capability and it doesn't work. The client is proprietary, from Linksys, and at random intervals (less than every few minutes tho) it errors with "Gateway not responding." It's just not functional. I've swapped it out twice (Linksys thought it was a hardware problem) and ALL of the units I've gotten have the same problem. Good luck with this one.

Works Great & No Problems Setting It Up.......2007-03-21

I've had this Linksys RVS4000 4-Port Gigabit Security Router with VPN for a little over two weeks now. I had no problem setting it up and I've had no problems with it operationally. My old Belkin F5D8230-4 Pre-N Router would freeze up every three or four days. This RVS4000 has worked continuously without problem. A couple of very important points, though:

- First, there's a firmware update available on Linksys' site (v1.1.09, dated 02/21/2007). Apparently, this update fixes quite a lot. So much so, that after installing it you MUST reset to factory defaults. So, make sure you update the firmware first thing, and then reset. Don't use any old setups.
- Also, Linksys doesn't seem to care about U.S. Daylight Savings Time having changed. That new firmware, though released just prior to the change, doesn't use the new dates. So, even though the router has a synchronization option and a DST option, I had to turn those off and set the time manually.
- Regarding ease of setup, I'm not using any kind of VPN stuff. I bought this router for it's Gigabit capability over the local network, not for the VPN. So, maybe that's why I had no problem setting it up where other people claim they've had trouble. Or, it could be that the firmware update has simplified things.

Overall, I rate this Linksys RVS4000 at a Very Good 4 stars out of 5. If Linksys had changed the Daylight Savings Time settings to reflect the new U.S. dates, I'd have given it a full 5 stars out of 5.

Great IPS feature.......2007-02-23

I purchase this router for my home office. To verify its IPS feature, I tested some intrusion scenario. It did work. This will benefit the end users like me who do not want to spend big money but still requires the network security.

Its IPS GUI has cool graphics and statistics.

A cool product for my business.......2007-02-23

I purchased Linksys RVS4000 to replace my old 10/100 internet gateway for my home business. The router's user interface is intuitive and the setup went flawlessly. I was able to setup a QuickVPN user account and verify the VPN connection from my neighbor's home network through the internet on the first day. The throughput of file sharing in the local network is fantastic. I am especially happy to find that this router also supports my Vista PC out of the box, although Linksys does not spell it out in the datasheet. I am very happy with this investment so far.

Dissapointing.......2007-02-06

I purchased this router to replace my 100mbps linksys router. I connected it up, and my browser was much slower than with the older router, and many web sites timed out. I was unable to get this resolved, and I returned the router for a refund.

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