Home > Consumer Reviews > Cisco RV016 16-port 10/100 VPN Router - Multi WAN

Worked great for what I needed it for and has been very stable, for the price. Needed a cheap router for setting up an office for hotel style offices. Setup was pretty easy and simple VLAN setup was easy as well which I needed. Have not really used any of the other advanced features such as multiple WANs or DMZ yet. I too am familiar with Watchguard, for this situation the RV016 was MUCH cheaper and easier to setup and I did not have to deal with Watchguard's stupid licensing issues. The down side was the combined total ports of 16 but only needed 12 so not a big problem.

I have 13 computers in my office, and 2 ISP; my cisco linksys RV016 manages both internet service.

I would like this device comes with 10/100/1000 as price of 10/100.

We used to have the RV082, which comes with 8 port PLUS one Internert and one DMZ. Bought this one thinking that it'll have 16 ports PLUS one internet and one DMZ. But look again... it has 16 ports including the Internet and DMZ. Lucky I only need 12 ports.

I see a lot of negative reviews and I think they are somewhat unfair. First off, you should always upgrade the firmware to the latest version before placing in a production environment. Perhaps in the early days the firmware was unstable and thus bugs resulted, but I've been using two of these acting as a gateway tunnel between remote offices and these things are rock solid. The gateway has been up for 257 days now without a hitch. The vpn aspect works great if you know what you are doing, and even then I think its easier to use than other relative products. One reviewer said the PPTP vpn feature (easier to setup than L2TP)just plain doesn't work and I can vouch that its absolutely not true. I have both Windows and Mac clients connecting to the vpn over PPTP and it works perfectly. You do NOT have to use the proprietary linksys vpn software if you do not want to. That piece of software is not perfect but does work and its totally optional.

I don't use all the feature sets on this thing but it has yet to crash on us. We are using all 13 ports in both offices and it handles the traffic just fine without any packet loss.

The ONLY two negatives I can find is that its not gigabit, but at this price point its expected. Secondly, you can't do aggregate linking to a server with dual ethernet ports. Not a big deal for most people. If you are looking for a solid performer with many features I highly recommend this model. You won't find a better product for the price. Just don't forget to upgrade the firmware, which at the time of this writing is 2.0.18

I have no complaints about the direct product. It works great if you know how to set up the device. If you need any assistance from Linksys Customer Support, I will guarantee you will get frustrated and demand a refund. The Customer Support is TERRIBLE and a one star rating is the lowest I could rate their service. Wish they had half star ratings. I was fortunate and able to stumble upon a soultion by means of trial and error by tinkering with the router. If you are new to routers, don't get this one.