Question 1

Tell me dawg, can this straight up do a site to site vpn?

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Yo G.  Yes this can straight up do Site to site VPN.  Plenty of options with authentication methods. Works best with Cisco VPNs although I have configured it straight up with a Netgear VPN Routers

Question 2

Has anyone been successful with VPN connections to the RV325 from iOS (iPhone and iPad) devices?

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Yes but the problem is the connections only work sporadically sometimes you get a connection sometimes not, you have to setup easyvpn on the router side and then the IOS devices theoretically should be able to connect, practically the code from Apple seems to be broken (Android VPN runs reliably in this configuration). I helped myself by setting up an OpenVPN Server for the IOS devices to be able to VPN into my network and ignored EasyVPN+Apple Cisco VPN.

Question 3

Never understand with reviews how 6 people think its 5* and 2 think it is 1*. It can't be both. Do I buy one or not?

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I bought this router as an "upgrade" from my Netgear FVS336Gv2. I was happy with the FVS336G except that the WAN/LAN performance was lacking. (~50Mbps as I recall , versus the ~900Mbps of the RV325). So yes, I can now get the full BW my ISP provides. And the VPN performance is better. But having said that, I liked everything else of the FVS336G better.Some of the things I don't like (missing) in the RV325 vs the FVS336G:No packet capture (eg to Wireshark)DHCP "reservation" doesn't do anything useful - that is, you can reserve an IP, but it won't DHCP assign it to the reserved node. The FVS would assign the reserved IP to the DCHP client which is nice to always get a "fixed" IP on a given node while configured via DHCP. Can't do that with the RV - if you want a "fixed" DHCP address, you have to assign it statically, or use a different DHCP server that will (I'm using isc-dhcp-server on a Linux box, which also has a lot of other cool DHCP features)You can't even have a "conflicting" VPN configuration even if it is disabled. Makes it a pain to experiment with VPN configurations because you can't just disable  a "known good configuration" to be able to switch back to it and try something different.Speaking of VPN - the log message are next to useless for debugging a connection.Also the VPN seems to suffer brain damage on occasion and has to be rebooted. Everything else seems to be working just fine, but _none_ of the VPN connections can be established. Reboot and it's fine again. It seems to happen if my ISP goes down. Don't know why that would scramble the router VPN.It's also a little more finicky about what VPN credentials can be used. I get why it may be a bad idea for some combinations, but to disallow it at all seems too far.It has "modeconfig" for remote mobile VPN users, but it seems kind of backward between groups versus single users. You can set up a single user to use "modeconfig" for a single user - which is ok, but not that important. But "modeconfig" does not seem to be available for VPN user groups which seems like THAT would be the use case where you would WANT "modeconfig". I don't manage VPN user groups (I have a single user mobile set up for myself, but not groups), but if I did, that's where I would want "modeconfig", not the single user case which is the only case it is available as far as I've been able to figure out.No telnet/SSH. I used telnet on my FVS to automate some stuff - now I can't do that anymore with the RV.I am accepting of this router, if not pleased with it. I thought Cisco was supposed to be the benchmark so I was extremely disappointed that it couldn't some seemingly basic things I'd been using on my Netgear that is basically a direct competitor (feature/functionally/use case, if not performance).So for performance I would give it 5 stars. But for features, maybe 2 stars, no more than 3, as it seems to be lacking a lot features and capabilities a router in this class ought to have. Not huge features necessarily, but several basic fundamental ones it ought to have in this class.

Question 4

Can the RV325 be rack mounted, without using a shelf ?

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Yes, it comes with brackets that can be screwed on the router, and in turn, can be screwed into the rack...

Antenna Location	Security
Antenna Type	Internal
Asin	B00GSQJI4E
Best Sellers Rank	#192,958 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories) #3,535 in Computer Routers
Brand	Cisco
Color	Black or Gray
Compatible Devices	Personal Computer
Connectivity Protocol	Ethernet
Connectivity Technology	Ethernet;Wired;USB
Control Method	Remote
Coverage	multiple locations and remote workers via VPN
Customer Reviews	3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (113) 3.9 out of 5 stars
Data Transfer Rate	100 megabits_per_second
Frequency	5 GHz
Frequency Band Class	Dual-Band
Global Trade Identification Number	00882658477935
Item Weight	300 g
Lan Port Bandwidth	10/100 megabits per second
Manufacturer	Cisco
Maximum Upstream Data Transfer Rate	100 megabits_per_second
Mfr Part Number	RV325-K9-NA
Model Name	RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
Model Number	RV325-K9-NA
Number Of Antennas	1
Number Of Items	1
Number Of Ports	14
Operating System	Cisco IOS
Other Special Features Of The Product	WPS
Router Network Type	WAN and LAN
Security Protocol	WPS, WPA, WPA2
Unit Count	1 Count
Upc	789857952853 882658479267 882658477935 041114089024 014445366515 107408071349
Voltage	12 volts
Warranty Description	Cisco Small Business Product Enhanced Limited. Lifetime Warranty with next-business day advance replacement
Wireless Compability	802.11a/b/g/n

RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router

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