Linksys LRT214 Business Gigabit VPN Router

The Linksys LRT214 Business Gigabit VPN Router offers many properties of more expensive routers at a significantly lower price. While it falls short in a few minor areas, it more than makes up for this in functionality and supported standards.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • Up to 50 IPsec tunnels (for site to site and client to site VPN) and 5 OpenVPN tunnels for iOS and Android users
  • 900 Mbps firewall and 110 Mbps IPsec throughputs
  • Feature rich to meet a wide range of business network requirements
  • Operating Temperature: 0ºC to 40ºC (32ºF to 104ºF). Non operating Temperature: 0ºC to 70ºC (32ºF to 158ºF)

PROS

+ Easy-to-manage VPN tunnels.
+ Clean and easy-to-navigate user interface (UI).
+ Mature network and firewall management.
+ Excellent IPsec throughput.
+ Built-in DNS server.
+ Simple load balancing.

CONS

- DMZ port must be sacrificed to use WAN2.
- Lack of offline support.
- Logs are not searchable.

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on August 22, 2016
The Linksys LRT214 Business Gigabit VPN Router offers many properties of more expensive routers at a significantly lower price. While it falls short in a few minor areas, it more than makes up for this in functionality and supported standards.
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