linksys RV082 dual wan solution?

[bluegreenturtle]

Does anybody have any real, *recent* experience with the linksys RV082 router?

I know they had some issues when they first came out but there have been a dozen firmware upgrades since.

I am considering getting a couple of these, or using clarkconnect (which I have never used before).

I'm in a situation where quite quickly I have to accomplish 2 things:
1) put in a load balancing dual wan router in one office
2) setup a continuous VPN between that office and another office for file synchronization (I was going to use robocopy (other suggestions welcome if they are there).

I can probably put together a clarkconnect box or 2 but a router just seems easier. I would use m0n0wall but it doesn't support dual wan load balancing. Clarkconnect seems to.

Any thoughts? This seems like it *should* be a good router. There are mixed reviews.

 

[Goosemaster]

pfsense supports dual wan load balancing and/or fail-over IIRC

 

[bluegreenturtle]

is it fully baked? The site lists it as being alpha software. I won't lose my job but I will get "stern looks" at if I futz around and it doesn't work.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: bluegreenturtle
is it fully baked? The site lists it as being alpha software. I won't lose my job but I will get "stern looks" at if I futz around and it doesn't work.

ah..in that case skip it...it is supposed to be pretty solid....but that is just hearsay and I wouldn't bet anyones career on it by any means...


How big is the office and what is your budget?

Cisco 800/1800 series might be real nice....they both support on-demand IPsec VPN which is pretty badass