CISCO Systems 802.11n Ethernet Wireless Router (RV130WAK9NA)

Replaced several older routers with this model for business and VPN use. Worked well. Be sure to update firmware and set the QOS setting enabled to match your WAN bandwidth. Also, do not use the DNS Proxy in the LAN settings and use the DNS you specify. You may have certificate issues on websites if not. Other than this it is great and stable for VPN and VOIP. VOIP in our case required disable SIP ALG and disable SIP ALG on your Bridged MODEMS of your ISP provider.

Overall, I'm pleased. I've bought 4 for 4 different locations.PROS:Price is extremely reasonable for a Gigabyte Ethernet Wireless VPN routerRelatively easy setupFailover to a USB port for backup WANAutomatically updates Dynamic DNS (DDNS) addressesSupports Fully-Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) for specifying local and remote gateways. Combined with the DDNS updating feature, this is *huge* plus as it obviates the need for static IP addresses. (My cable carrier charges heavily for static IP addresses.)Uses the Windows VPN client for PPTP "on-the-road" VPN connections (no proprietary client software needed), or ShrewSoft (standard - free) and TheGoldenBow IPSEC clientsConfiguration process made it easy to configure multiple routers on one by saving a given configuration, modifying that, saving that, and repeating the process until all configurations were saved. Saved configurations were loaded on the appropiate routers which were distributed to each office. This saved hours of setup time.CONS:Only 2.4 GHz wireless n (no 5 GHz)Has not "played" well with legacy D-Link VPN routers (at the price, was easy to replace all at once).Comes with old firmware, be *sure* to download new firmware before you configure so see all configuration choices. (If you don't, and configure on an updated router as noted above, settings you make may not be seen on a non-updated router, however, they will reappear after the firmware is updated.)

In theory, it has a lot of good features, but the VLANs are not flexible - you must configure a layer 3 interface for every VLAN, the wifi is not that good, and the real killer - I got certificate errors and sometimes HTTPS pages would not load at all. Even tried the latest firmware from Cisco and still had the same issues. I sent it back. I've now installed pfSense on a PC with a quad-port NIC, got a Zxyel WAP to connect to it and I have a very flexible setup that can be configured any way I want.

Purchase for Work to run my VOIP phone system. This is needed if you are planning on going down the road of using a VOIP system. As it has alot more functionality than your standard router. The only dissapointment is that it's only a N Router but for the price, its a good product.

This is a great product, packaged well, and a good vendor Nebraska Blvd, Tech friends highly recommended this Cisco router. I had to return my purchase as I made mistakes on the order, but that had nothing to do with the quality of the vendor and or the router.

Purchased this router to see if the Cisco mystique could live up to its reputation.PRO's: I really liked the ability to setup VLANs and had several working very well.CON's: Webpages loaded extremely slow even though we receive 127/12 Mbps from Comcast. Up to 45 seconds for a page to appear. Tested it with several different browsers and received the same result. Removed the router from our network when I discovered the "N" Wifi connection at 144Mbps only allowed data transfer of 4/9 Mbps. Installed an Asus RT-AC66U and all issues disappeared.

If your looking for a lot of bang for your buck and you need a VPN this is a great deal on a business class router.

I picked up this RV130W to replace my old PIX501 when it finally died.I was pleasantly surprised to see that the web GUI has improved significantly over the years. This isn't the clunky old Java-based PDM I was expecting... I don't even know if there's a CLI available on the RV130W because I was able to configure this device entirely from the web GUI - unlike my old PIX.This is a business-oriented router which means it may be missing some of the multimedia- or gaming-oriented features that some other routers have. Its wireless coverage may not be as good as some of the routers out there with four or more antennas... And it may not give you the lowest possible ping in your games... But it's worked just fine in my environment.I've had absolutely no trouble with VPN connectivity, constant web browsing, occasional streaming video, daily Skype meetings, several mobile devices, and even some gaming.