Cisco-Linksys RV120W-E-G5

Take Basic Connectivity to a New Level
The Cisco® RV 120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall combines highly secure connectivity - to the Internet as well as from other locations and remote workers - with a high-speed, 802.11n wireless access point, a 4-port switch, an intuitive, browser-based device manager, and support for the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility, all at a very affordable price. Its combination of high performance, business-class features and top-quality user experience takes basic connectivity to a new level (Figure 1).

Product Overview
The Cisco RV 120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall features:

High-speed, standards-based 802.11n wireless connectivity to help employees stay productive while away from their desks
Integrated 4-port 10/100 switch with quality of service (QoS) support for enhanced voice, video and data traffic
Support for separate "virtual" networks enables you to control access to sensitive information and to set up highly secure wireless guest access
IP Security (IPsec) VPN support with hardware acceleration to deliver highly secure, high-performance connections to multiple locations and traveling employees
Support for static routing, Routing Information Protocol (RIP) versions 1 and 2, and inter-VLAN routing to enable flexible connection sharing
Proven stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall, plus advanced wireless security to help keep business assets safe
Simplified configuration through an intuitive, browser-based device manager
Support for the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility

Figure 2 shows back panel of the Cisco RV 120W. Figure 3 shows a typical configuration using the firewall.

Feature
    

Description

Routing
    
Static routing
RIP v1 and v2
Inter-VLAN routing

Layer 2
    
802.1q -based VLANs
4 active VLANs (1 to 4094 range)

Network
    
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, DHCP relay agent
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
DNS Proxy
IGMP Proxy and multicast forwarding
Dynamic Domain Name System (DynDNS, TZO)
Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT), Network Address Port Translation (NAPT), Session Initiation Protocol Application Layer Gateway (SIP ALG), NAT traversal, one-to-one NAT
Multiple DHCP pools
Port Management

IPv6
    
Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 (RFC2710)
Stateless address auto-configuration
DHCP v6
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) v6

Security
    

Access control:
IP access control lists (ACLs)
MAC-based wireless access control

Firewall:
SPI firewall
Port forwarding and triggering
DoS prevention
Software based DMZ

Content filtering:
Static URL blocking or keyword blocking

Secure management:
HTTPS
Username/password

802.1X
Port-based RADIUS authentication (Extensible Authentication Protocol [EAP], Protected EAP [PEAP])

Certificate management
X. 509 v3 certificates
Certificate upload using PEM format

VPN
    
10 QuickVPN tunnels for remote client access
10 IPsec site-to-site tunnels for branch office connectivity
Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption
Message Digest Algorithm 5 (MD5)/Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA1) authentication
Dead Peer Detection (DPD)
IPsec NAT traversal
VPN pass-through of PPTP, L2TP, IPsec

Quality of Service
    
802.1p port-based priority on LAN port, application-based priority on WAN port
4 queues
DiffServ support
Traffic Metering

Management
    
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) versions 1, 2c and v3
Event logging: local, syslog, email alerts
Firmware upgradable through web browser; imported/exported configuration in text format
Simple browser-based configuration (HTTP/HTTPS)
UPnP, Bonjour
Network diagnostics with packet captures

Performance
    
NAT throughput: 95 Mbps
1000 concurrent sessions
VPN throughput: 25 Mbps

Wireless LAN Specifications
Table 2 gives the wireless specifications for the Cisco RV120W.

IEEE 802.11n standard-based access point with 802.11b/g compatibility

Radio and modulation type:
802.11b: direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
802.11g/n: orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
2 omnidirectional 1.8 dBi gain external antennas

Operating channels:
11 in North America
13 in most of Europe
Automatic channel selection

Transmit power:
802.11b: 17 dBm +/- 1.5 dBm
802.11g: 15 dBm +/-1.5 dBm
802.11n: 12.5 dBm +/- 1.5 dBm

Receiver sensitivity:
802.11b: 11 Mbps@ -90 dBm
802.11g: 54 Mbps @ -74 dBm
802.11n: 270 Mbps @ -71 dBm

Wireless Domain Services (WDS):
Allows wireless signals to be repeated by up to 2 compatible receivers

Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM):
WMM with QoS (802.11e)
WMM Power Save (WMM-PS)

Active WLAN clients
    
Up to 64 clients

Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs)
    
Up to 4 separate virtual networks

Wireless VLAN
    
Support for SSID to VLAN mapping with wireless client isolation

WLAN security
    
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2, 802.11i)

System Specifications
Table 3 gives the system specifications for the Cisco RV 120W.

Table 3. Table 3 System Specifications

Feature
    

Description

WAN
    

10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet WAN port

LAN
    

4-port 10/100 Mbps switch with support for VLAN and QoS

WLAN
    

Built-in high-speed 802.11n wireless access point

Physical dimensions and weight
    
W x D x H = 5.91 in. x 5.91 in. x 1.34 in. (150 mm x 150 mm x 34 mm)
Weight: 1.10 lb (0.5 kg)

Power
    

12V 1A

Certification
    
FCC Class B
CE
IC
Wi-Fi

Environmental operating range
    
Operating temperature: 0° to 40°C (32° to 104°F)
Storage temperature: -20° to 70°C (-4° to 158°F)
Operating humidity: 10% to 85% noncondensing
Storage humidity: 5% to 90% noncondensing

Configuration Requirements
Table 4 lists the configuration requirements for the Cisco RV 120W.

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