Pros: Okay, I AM a computer engineer, and wanted to do this product some due justice to offset these "known issues" people have claimed to find. I loved this unit a long time ago but lately it is becoming the biggest bottleneck on my network and I'm fed up with its obsolete and protection racquet based fee for security business model. One big thing that is not stated in the features list is that most of the really good management stuff (like blocking web sites) is a subscription based service that is built into the unit but requires you to pay a fee to use it.
Since Cisco took it over I've found the updates are now very hard to get and apparently they now charge for the updates that open the old holes to patch new ones. Overall Review: I bought mine over 5 years ago when it was still a Linksys product. Requires subscription fees to use its built in security features which is a scammy, scam, scam.
The internal memory is too small and so when there is the rare IPS update it has to remove signatures to put new ones in, re-opening holes. I moved the entire local network to a separate switch and only use this for setting up static IPs and as an internet gateway/filter but its decrepit processor can't keep up. I highly regard this feature.Ĭons: It's very old and can't keep up with my internet connection of 25Mb. If these features were on all network destinations then there would simply be no point in most internet attacks. Pros: It has Intrusion Protection and stately packet inspection. Newegg gave me an RMA without so much as a batted eyelash. Kudos to Newegg though! I had these things for nearly a month trying to figure out how this flaw could be patched until I finally gave up, realizing that there must not be any update that will give me this essential functionality. I then bought two more to set up a VPN tunnel between two offices and that's when I discovered this huge oversight on Linksys/Cisco's part. The first two I sold I never noticed that issue because those networks were still using a .x network with standard Class C subnet. Overall Review: If it wasn't for this one, GLARING, flaw this router would be 4 eggs easy. What is up with a "business" class router that doesn't allow a custom subnet?! The other two.Ĭons: This router only allows the old Class C subnet or less! I've got $30 home routers that allow fully customizable subnet masks.
2 of them have worked flawlessly for a year or more. I've bought a total of 4 of these things. User definable access control lists (ACL) for restricting inbound and outbound traffic flowsĭHCP Client (WAN) and Server (LAN) with Dynamic DNS supportĮasy installation and configuration through the Web Interface and QuickVPN softwareĪdditional Information Date First Available
IDS/IPS network intrusion detection and protection services with email alerts - Free signature updates are provided for one year Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall with network address translation (NAT) IPSec VPN tunneling for remote user and branch-to-branch connectivity
Power, Diag, IPS (Blinks RED - Internal attack, Green - external), LAN 1-4, Internetĥ QuickVPN Tunnels for remote client accessĥ IPSec Gateway-to-Gateway Tunnel for branch office connectivity Secure Management: HTTPS, Username/PasswordĨ02.1x: Port-based Radius Authentication (EAP-MD5, EAP-PEAP)
Signature Update: Manual download from the web (Free download for 1 year) IPS (Intrusion Prevention System): IP Sweep Detection, Application Anomaly Detection (HTTP, FTP, Telnet, RCP), P2P Control, Instant Messenger Control, 元-L4 Protocol (IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP) Normalization, L7 Signature Matching IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.1x, RFC791 (IP Protocol)Īccess Control: IP and MAC based Access Control List (ACL)įirewall: Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewallĬontent Filtering: URL blocking, keyword blocking