Cisco RVL200 4-Port SSL/IPsec VPN Router

I want to be able to view and control my IP cameras installed around my home when I am away. The IP camera I have comes with a web interface for realtime viewing from a PC in the local network. This SSL VPN router allows me to connect back to the web interface of my IP camera when I am at work. The out of the box experience is good - I have no trouble in setting it up and connect to the internet with my cable modem. After I changed my default password, created a few user accounts for my family members, and enabled the Remote Management, I put the device into test. First, I have to find the ip address that my cable company assigned to me and the ip address of my camera given by the router - all available from the router administration web interface at http://192.168.1.1. When I was at work the next day, I was able to get to the internet address of my SSL router and connect to my home network within a minute. Just want to share my success story with the community that might have the...Read more

 

Installed unit 1 for a client in August. Unit was easy to configure, SSL was great (minor alterations for Vista/ 7 64-bit.) Speed was adequate. NO issues.
Installed unit 2 for a client in October. Unit was easy to configure. SSL was NOT used. Speed was great.
Installed unit 3 for a client in December. Unit completely died/ bricked in March.
Installed unit 4 for the client in March to replace unit 3. It "worked" for a week randomly kicking the (2) client machines off the network and completely died/ bricked within (1) week.
Installed unit 5 for a client in March. Unit was removed from service within 24 hours as the client reported the same issues as the client above. While it did NOT brick- it was kicking (3) machines off the network repeatedly. It was dropping packets left and right during a follow up test at our office.
Unit 6 was NOT even installed/ deployed.

When the unit works, it is a nice unit. Easy to configure. SSL works...Read more

 

I was looking for a router for the church that I volunteer at. I needed something that was easy to install, maintain and most importantly, reliable. The internet service was also being upgraded to cable so the router needed to handle the additional bandwidth. In the past I stayed away from Linksys products due to reliability issues but I saw the Cisco name attached to this and decided to give it a try. The router was very easy to install and setup. It integrated well in the network. We were able to get the bandwidth speed tests to match what the provider gave us. All was good. Monday, I got a call saying that the internet was down. I checked it and found nothing wrong. The router was power cycled and everything worked. It worked well for a week, then it started happening again. It took 4 power cycles to finally get it to work again. Unfortunately, there was a big event at the church where the internet was needed. I again checked the setup and all was OK. Nothing in any...Read more