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Introduction

LRT214/LRT224
Linksys's VPN Routers for Small Business, LRT214 Gigabit VPN Router and LRT224
Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router, support site-to-site VPN, which allows branch
offices to connect with the central office, and client-to-site VPN, which allows
employees to securely connect back to their offices while they are away . The
dual-WAN model supports WAN Failover, which allows a business to continue its
network operation when one of its WAN connections to the Internet fails . With
dual-WAN load balancing, the dual-WAN model can aggregate the bandwidths
of both WAN connections to achieve a higher Internet bandwidth than what a
single WAN connection can provide .
Employees increasingly demand remote access to enterprise IT resources
through their mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets . LRT214/LRT224
support OpenVPN server, which allows OpenVPN clients running on employees'
laptops, smartphones, and tablets to connect to the offices using two-factor
authentication . Two-factor authentication typically requires pre-installed
certificates as part of the authentication of an OpenVPN connection, in addition
to username/password, for additional security .
The products come with an integrated firewall that supports URL filtering
and access rules that allow administrators to further regulate the traffic within
the business network based on the services (i . e . TCP/UDP ports) and source/
destination IP addresses .
LRT214/LRT224 routers support 802 . 1 q, which provides separation between
resources in different SSIDs/VLANs . This allows them to work with modern
wireless access points that support multiple SSIDs . . With inter-VLAN routing,
the products allow specified traffic to traverse between VLANs . The products
support dual stack IPv4 and IPv6, as well as transition technologies such as 6to4 .
Like other Linksys routers, the products have an intuitive Web administrative
interface that allows small business owners to deploy and manage the routers
without professional IT staff onsite . The operational health of the products
can be monitored through system logs and email alerts . Standard MIBs are
supported, which allows the products to be monitored by a SNMP-based
network management system .
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