Poor | Average | Good | Excellent | |
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Number of WAN ports | 1 Best: Cisco MWR 2941-DC Number of WAN ports: 16 | |||
Number of LAN ports | 4 Best: Cisco CISCO7206VXR Number of LAN ports: 60 |
Communication mode |
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Number of LAN ports | 4 |
Number of WAN ports | 1 |
USB | no |
Width | 7.52 in |
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Height | 5.12 in |
Depth | 1.57 in |
Weight | 1.59 lb |
Number of units | 1 |
Rack-mount design | no |
Management interface |
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6to4 | yes |
Communication protocol |
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Data link layer |
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Number of simultaneous connections | 30000 |
Wireless standards |
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Mobile broadband support | no |
Throughput WAN-LAN | 900.0 Mbps |
Wireless network | no |
Operational Power Consumption (min-max) | < 12 |
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Power over Ethernet (PoE) | no |
Colour of product |
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Active cooling (fan) | no |
Built-in DSL modem | no |
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File server | No |
DynDNS | yes |
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Routing protocol |
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Target audience |
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DMZ | yes |
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Number of DMZ ports | 1 |
VPN protocol |
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VPN client | yes |
Introduction A router is just a small box with a couple of antennas allowing you to surf and game online for home users, but if you're a business, then it's a completely different story. For a business, the router is the gateway to and from the world and it has to be treated as such. Today I'm taking a closer look at Linksys' LRT214 which is a business Gigabit VPN router. There's also an alternate model of this router called the LRT224 which features dual-WAN connectivity. As the name already suggests, one of the selling points in this router is its
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The Linksys LRT224 Dual WAN Business Gigabit VPN Router is the big brother to the LRT214 with the the same features and the added bonus of load balancing. The DMZ port had to be sacrificed to allow for a second WAN port, but otherwise, everything necessary for a basic load balanced setup is available.
Choosing the best dual-WAN router may prove to be a bit difficult since this type of devices weren't created for home use, their functionality and complexity
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