#Shrew soft vpn client key updateĪlthough Cisco is very slow to update its firmware and clients (sometimes giving the impression of being abandonware), two years was enough time for there to be some changes.Īs far as identification types go, Shrew Soft VPN Client enables you to use a fully qualified domain name, user fully qualified domain name, IP address and a key identifier.We spent the last couple years using the ZyXEL ZyWALL 2WG after encountering major compatibility and configuration challenges with a Cisco RV220W. The QuickVPN client now works on Windows 7 64-bit ( that was a known issue), and firmware has been updated. Given the changes, we decided to try out the CISCO SYSTEMS RV180W-A-K9-NA Wireless N VPN Router.
Although it "generally worked," wireless connections would be dropped regularly and require a reconnect, multiple users could not VPN from a single remote location, and one of our staff had frequent VPN connection problems. Inconsistent issues are some of the hardest to troubleshoot, and having three of them simply meant that the router was no longer an ideal solution for our office.īecause all SMB VPN are cheap, and this appeared to have a 50/50 chance of working.
Amazon reviews showed it at 2.5 stars when we purchased ( non-wireless version is rated higher). Netgear small business is also stuck at 3 stars, and even the low-end Sonicwalls get panned. In my research, it appeared that anything under $500 is really hit-or-miss, and the ratings were only high on products when there were not many reviews (i.e., the misses had not been reported yet). That might be cynical, but it did not seem like there was any amazing solution in the SMB space. If there were, one of the giants would probably gobble it up, repackage it, and charge more.
So I went into this configuration knowing that half of the people who did the same thing wanted to throw the router away afterwards.
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