Question 1

Will this dual internet provider work if i only use one internet provider? Or there must be 2 internet providers in order for it to work?

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My understanding is that you need two separate internet accounts - i.e. two separate IP addresses provided by 1 or 2 providers.  It would seem, for the purposes of this router, that you'd want two different "pipes" coming in to your house - 1 cable , 1 dsl, etc.

I'm not an expert on this aspect of the router - I really wanted to respond to you because I DO NOT recommend this router.  The firmware is quirky and I have lost all of my settings at least 3 times.  Once when changing a setting (it got all messed up) and two more times when the router was unplugged to move wires around in my cabinet.  It's sad that Cisco put this out.  Others have commented regarding other firmware quirks as well...I thought that I'd be luckier, I guess.

Question 2

Can you configure this router via CLI, what IOS version does it have?

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I do know the Firmware version is 4.2.2.08, I dont know about CLI but this is something you should keep in mind. It likes to freeze when you attempt to login to its UI to the point where the only way you can then get in it is by restarting the whole device.

Question 3

Whats the Maximum Power For the Router?

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I own the RV042G Ver1 model and its power draw is listed at DC 12V 1A.  The unit performs adequately however is true to Cisco fashion an has some minor bugs within the software firmware. Cisco has been slow to release firmware updates to resolve above mentioned software bugs (if they release them at all). I've actually had to abandon this model and go with another vendors router due to the lack of support from Cisco with this unit. Sorry if I provided more information than you originally requested, however I didn't want someone else to end up having to abandon this unit like I did...

Question 4

How long does the automatic roll-over take?  I am using a NG FVS336Gv2 and the rollover takes 2-3 minutes.  I have seen other brands switch immediately when WAN1 goes down.  Also, can this be configured to roll-over based on the speed of WAN1 and WAN2.  I want it to roll to whichever WAN speed is faster.  Any info or help would be appreciated.

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The roll-over happens immediately since the network on both WANs are active ethernet ports. You can setup to load balance between the WANs or use 1 of the WANs as primary and another as secondary (for fail over). You also configure the speed, it doesn't figure out the speed for you automatically (but that would be cool if it did).

Question 5

I ma trying to set up a network in my office and I have a ISP and a managed CISCO layer 3 switch with 3 VLAN's set up to separate traffic and data. In order for me to make this work I need a router in between the switch and the ISP so I can setup subnet interfaces. Will this router allow me to do this?

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The RV042G Gigabit router should work as the main interface between your ISP (cable modem?) and the Cisco switch.  I currently use 3 192.168.xxx.xxx subnets from the router feeding 2 unmanaged Cisco switches.  I have a separate 10.x.x.x subnet using one of the GB ports on the RV042G that connects to another RV042G and another unmanaged Cisco switch.  Use the HELP documentation included in the router.

Question 6

Our company has offices in one building and the warehouse a block or two down the street, it is connected via wireless.   Can I set this router up so that one wan interface is the ISP and the other is to the warehouse?

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Hi.

This router is also a switch, so if your main office is in one building, and your warehouse is in another you may use a LAN port for each one of them. You will not use the two WAN ports for the setup you are describing. This product is for companies that has two different connections to the Internet *in the same building*, with public IP addresses (like Comcast and Verizon arriving at the same place). Then you connect those to the WAN ports and the rest of the network to the LAN ports. The product also feature VirtualLANs (VLAN) so you may connect your office and your warehouse to this router, let them share the same Internet connection(s) but not "see" each other. This way if a hacker gain access to the warehouse, they will not be able to scan your main office network from there.

Question 7

What is the difference between the RV042G, RV042G-K9-NA, and RV042G-NA, models?  In other words, what does the "K9" and "NA" designations mean to me in terms of what features they have or don't have?

Accepted Answer

NA means it's the North American model though.

Question 8

does this support user authentication against active directory and/or RADIUS?

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For what?  This isn't a wireless device.  if you are referring to VPN, then no, it does not authenticate against either for VPN

Question 9

is this a version 3 router?

Accepted Answer

In the System summary for the router it lists a PID VID of RV042G V01. The help system says this is the hardware version. From that information it appears to be a version 1 router.

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