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2QW1646 Cisco RV320 Dual WAN VPN Router
Last Updated: November 24, 2018 (Refresh Now)
6.2
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/10
Total Reviews
204
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117
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Wifi
20vpn, network, wan, vlan, traffic
+50%
-50%
" ... I bought a Cisco RV320 router from Amazon in Dec 2014, and it ran perfectly until this year, when it began to drop the WAN connection more and more often until it was dropping it 6-10 times a day for periods from 5 minutes to 45 minutes. ... "
" ... No wi fi ... "
" ... I have decided to stick with my Netgear router. ... "
" ... I was able to log into the router itself, but no matter how much I tried to tweak the settings, it simply never recognized the ethernet connection to my cable modem. ... I can power the router and log into the admin, but it fails to recognize the network connection no matter what I do - and I've found countless others on Google with the same problem. ... "
" ... Had some problems with setting it up as he DHCP kept turning on and my server didn't like that. ... "
" ... What would happen is that after a few days to a couple of weeks I would lose Internet connectivity. ... LAN to LAN worked, but LAN to WAN (either connection) would stop. ... "
" ... You will also find issues routing traffic to the internet from any other VLAN than the primary VLAN. ... "
" ... This router is fraught with problems: ... Access rules that straight don't work (IP's that I banned were still communicating with my network according to Wireshark) ... "
ISP
18vpn, cisco, wan, mbps, firewall
+61%
-39%
" ... Exhaustive tests of the line and modem by both myself and Comcast showed no problems with the modem, and in fact when I connected a laptop directly to the modem and monitored the web (Net Uptime Monitor ) I saw no dropouts over a period of almost a week. ... "
" ... I am seeing wired throughput at the max I am paying for (125 Mbps). ... "
" ... I don't need VPN, but this is very good router. ... "
" ... We had to find a replacement for the Netgear FVS336G dual WAN firewall and selected this. ... "
" ... Dual WAN but only using 1 connection ... Log into router ... Log into router ... "
" ... Set-up was a breeze, however, I'm not new to the the product line. ... "
" ... Good firewall and VPN now to all my local servers. ... "
" ... Performance of PC topped out before router. ... Unless your other network equipment (i.e. ... "
Network
18network, vpn, work, throughput, rv320
+78%
-22%
" ... Great security router to put in front of a server ... "
" ... Cicso actually helped me configure a new default vlan. ... "
" ... I am seeing wired throughput at the max I am paying for (125 Mbps). ... "
" ... Great small business VPN router. ... "
" ... I don't need VPN, but this is very good router. ... "
" ... Throughput is excellent. ... "
" ... It got my network running again. ... "
" ... Router performed as I expected. ... "
Product Reliability
14years, working, worked fine, days, couple
+50%
-50%
" ... In April of this year (2018) I bought a second RV320 to replace the defective unit. ... "
" ... Defective out of the box -will not route ... "
" ... I spent hours Googling and found years of other people having the same trouble. ... "
" ... as soon as we hit the 6 month mark, noting but problems. ... "
" ... It is unstable and unusable! ... For two plus months I've had to factory reset this every 5 - 14 days. ... I even tried setting it up, saving the configuration, and automating using the backup configuration to boot back into upon failure. ... "
" ... This device has a lot of problems. ... "
" ... I've had the router over 30 days now while trying to get it to work with Cisco on the weekends to get it working, so I'm probably stuck with it now. ... "
Setup
11easy to setup, configuration, vlan, straight forward, wizard
+91%
-9%
" ... Works fine and config was straight forward with a dual ISP setup. ... "
" ... It was pretty easy to set up. ... If you know nothing about routers you could probably set it up effectively with the easy setup wizard that launched automatically. ... I know some about routers and found it a very intuitive interface. ... "
" ... Straight forward UI made configuration quite simple. ... I bought 2 of these for a site to site VPN and it was a snap to setup and connect. ... "
" ... Configuration is a breeze. ... "
" ... This router might be great for a dual-ISP network setup, but it is virtually unusable for a normal single-ISP setup. ... Setup was easy, plug it in turn it on, good to go, right? ... "No sir, we must first open a ticket then a technician will follow up with you." ... "
" ... Still having problems trying to set up VPN though so good luck 👍🏼 ... "
" ... easy to setup and install. ... "
" ... Does as advertiesed, simple enough to setup. ... "
Ease of Use
11easy to setup, difficult, ui, gui, familiar
+82%
-18%
" ... This UI feature was all-be-it a bit counter- intuitive, but UI is very easy to use! ... Way easier then CLI ... "
" ... It was pretty easy to set up. ... I know some about routers and found it a very intuitive interface. ... "
" ... But, my IT guy had to problem solve with my carrier to get it setup properly. ... "
" ... This device is an outstanding entry level Cisco device with full functionality and also an easy to use web based interface for those not versed in IOS programming. ... "
" ... easy to setup and install. ... "
" ... Does as advertiesed, simple enough to setup. ... "
" ... Reliable with easy interface. ... "
Firmware
10cisco, latest, rv320, openvpn, certs
+20%
-80%
" ... The unit has the most recent (1.4.2.19) firmware. ... "
" ... The next day, it wouldn't allow me to get online, so he re-flashed the firmware and set it up again. ... "
" ... I'm not convinced, it looks like minimal testing of the firmware was done by Cisco. ... "
" ... Using the latest firmware and the original shipped firmware. ... "
" ... Cisco made an attempt to fix some of these issues in the latest firmware update but the problems are not fully resolved. ... "
" ... Buggy QoS system (IP's that I band limited were using above their limits according to Wireshark) ... "
" ... Release Notes for Cisco RV320/RV325 Routers Firmware Version 1.3.1.12 ... "
Ports
10port, lan, dual wan, cisco, vlan
+40%
-60%
" ... But the router GUI showed the dreaded “Connected (Inactive)” message on the WAN port that others have reported on the forums. ... Monitoring of the internal LAN (EMCO Ping Monitor) showed that all the internal connections were solid, so the problem is just the WAN connection. ... "
" ... LAN to LAN worked, but LAN to WAN (either connection) would stop. ... "
" ... If you have a multiple VLAN configuration you will find that the device has problems routing traffic between these VLANs. ... "
" ... RV320: Inter VLAN routing not working with 1:1 NAT (CSCuv74771) ... Port forwarding just started working redirecting the external wan IP to internal IP but the other NAT IP's fail to pass traffic. ... You can only forward one port from the wan to a one internal IP, for example I have 8 static IPs and I want to forward port 443 on to several Lan internal servers from different wan IPs, this is not possible with this router, I could send port 443 to one internal server but not more than that. ... "
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