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Difference between Linksys BEFVP41 and RV042?
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| Peter Bako 2004-09-15, 8:47 pm |
| These two units seem more or less identical based on the web site
info...Anyone know what the differences are?
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| Lou G. 2004-09-15, 8:47 pm |
| the RV042 provides 30 VPN tunnels, the cost is around $200.00 dollars
and Linksys support is not yet too familiar with it. Most examples etc
on the internet use the BEFVP41 WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER MENU and
clearer configuration forms.
"Peter Bako" <peter.bako@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<sCrXc.65408$Fg5.27115@attbi_s53>...
> These two units seem more or less identical based on the web site
> info...Anyone know what the differences are?
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| RobVaughn 2004-11-20, 4:52 pm |
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Originally posted by Peter Bako
These two units seem more or less identical based on the web site
info...Anyone know what the differences are?
FWIW, I've used many different Linksys and NetGear products over the years, and while Linksys support might not be very good for some of their newer and/or more advanced products, NetGear's support is universally awful, unhelpful, and time-wasting.
As far my experience with their products themselves, the Linksys stuff has always been solid and runs forever, plug it in, configure and forget, whereas the NetGear stuff burns out (either the unit or power supply) about every six months. I've got a few different NetGear units in production including this one, and once I run out of units and/or power supplies (whichever goes first) I won't be buying NetGear again.
I'm hoping the Linksys RV042 will do what we've been looking for: supply a decent firewall with IPsec VPN capability that works with the Windows 2K or XP VPN client, without having to buy additional client VPN software. I've tried the NetGear (very bad) and the AdTran NetVanta series (expensive and equally as bad) without luck, so I'm down to the Linksys RV042 right now, but haven't come across any sucess stories yet (nor horror stories, which is more than I can say for NetGear or AdTran.) Cheers, Rob |
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