Configuring the RV 325 VPN Router - Explained
Configuring the Cisco RV 325 VPN Router
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Specs:
Dual WAN
● Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports
● Failover
● Load balancing
Standards
● 802.3, 802.3u
● IPv4 (RFC 791)
● IPv6 (RFC 2460)
WAN connectivity
● Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, DHCP client, DHCP relay agent
● Static IP
● Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)
● Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
● Transparent bridge
● DNS relay, Dynamic DNS (DynDNS, 3322)
● IPv6
Routing protocols
● Static
● Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1, v2, and RIP for IPv6 (RIPng)
Network Address Translation (NAT)
● Port Address Translation (PAT)
● One-to-one NAT
● NAT traversal
Protocol binding
Protocols can be bound to a specific WAN port for load balancing
Network edge (DMZ)
DMZ port
DMZ host
Dual USB ports
3G/4G modem support
Security
Firewall
● SPI firewall
● Denial of service (DoS), ping of death, SYN flood, land attack, IP spoofing, email alert for hacker attack
Access rules
● Schedule-based access rules
● Up to 50 entries
Port forwarding
Up to 30 entries
Port triggering
Up to 30 entries
Blocking
Java, cookies, ActiveX, HTTP proxy
Secure management
● HTTPS web access to device manager
● Username/password complexity enforcement
VLAN
802.1Q VLAN
RV320: 7 VLANs supported
RV325: 17 VLANs supported
VPN
IP Security (IPsec)
● 25 IPsec site-to-site tunnels for branch office connectivity
● 25 IPsec VPN tunnels via Cisco VPN client and third-party clients such as “TheGreenBow” for remote access VPN connectivity
SSL VPN
10 SSL VPN tunnels for remote client access
PPTP
10 PPTP tunnels for remote access
Encryption
● Data Encryption Standard (DES)
● Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)
● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption: AES-128, AES-192, AES-256
Authentication
MD5/SHA1 authentication
IPsec NAT traversal
Supported for gateway-to-gateway and client-to-gateway tunnels
VPN pass-through
PPTP, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), IPsec
Advanced VPN
● Dead peer detection (DPD)
● Split DNS
● VPN backup
● Internet Key Exchange (IKE) with certificate
Quality of Service (QoS)
Prioritization types
Application-based priority on WAN port
Service-based QoS
Supports rate control or priority
Rate control
Upstream/downstream bandwidth can be configured per service
Priority
Each service can be mapped to one of 3 priority levels
Performance
IPsec VPN throughput
100 Mbps
SSL VPN throughput
20 Mbps
Concurrent connections
RV320: 20,000
RV325: 40,000
Configuration
Web user interface
Simple browser-based device manager (HTTP/HTTPS)
Management
Management protocols
● Web browser (HTTP/HTTPS)
● Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1, v2c, and v3
● Bonjour
Event logging
● Local log
● Syslog
● Email alert
● Short Message Service (SMS)
Upgradability
● Firmware upgrade-able through web browser
● Imported/exported configuration file