Buy Draytek Vigor 2820Vn - Wireless router + 4-port switch - VoIP phone adapter - DSL - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) - externalDraytek Vigor 2820Vn - Wireless router + 4-port switch - VoIP phone adapter - DSL - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft 2.0) - external Product Description:
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Vigor 2820 Series ADSL Router Firewall The Vigor 2820 series is DrayTek's latest premium ADSL and broadband router/firewall family, featuring an entirely new stylish case design and new DrayOS 3 operating system. Packed with features, the Vigor 2820 offers truly comprehensive ADSL connetivity and security. Compatible with all variants of ADSL (including ADSLMax and ADSL2+) the Vigor 2820 can also be used for cable-modem and leased line applications thanks to its additional WAN port (Ethernet). A Gigabit Ethernet port on the LAN side provides high speed connectivity for your server (or uplink to a larger Ethernet Switch). Security features include content filtering, web application controls and a new object based firewall management system. Robust & Comprehensive Firewall As with previous DrayTek firewalls, security is taken seriously on the Vigor 2820 Series. The firewall features measures for protection against attacks including DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, IP-based attacks and access by unauthorised remote systems. Wireless, Ethernet and VPN are also protected by various protection systems (see later). A new DrayTek object-based firewall allows even more setup flexibility than ever, enabling you to create combinations of users, rules and restrictions to suit multi-departmental organisations. Content control features of the firewall allow you to set restrictions on web site access, blocking download of certain file types, blocking specific web sites, blocking IM/P2P applications or other potentially harmful or wasteful content. Using the SurfControl site categorisations enable you to block whole categories of web sites (e.g. gambling, pornography etc.), subject to subscription Dual-WAN Load Balancing & Backup As well as the primary ADSL interface, the Vigor 2820 features a secondary WAN port for Internet access. This is an Ethernet interface and can connect to a second ADSL modem, cable modem or any other Ethernet-based Internet feed. The se
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By Mr. P. HAIGH
The Vigor 2820VN is a sophisticated router offering many advanced features. I bought it because I wanted a particular feature - VPN - in addition to the features I had in my existing ADSL router.Where to start? The ADSL modem is easily configured and I had it up and running with my ISP almost straight away. The Vigor also offers alternative ways of connecting - it is possible to use a 3G USB modem (I've not tried this yet) or an alternative internet connection fed through an RJ45 network connection (but not both together). This can be configured to load balance traffic between the ADSL modem and the alternative connection.The built-in firewall is highly configurable and something I've not delved into yet. Likewise NAT and VLAN - yes, the router supports up to four VLANs.The router supports DHCP and IP address reservation by MAC address, although unlike most cheaper routers it is not able to store names with the MAC addresses, and this is a bit frustrating. It's possible to lock out machines not in the IP reservation list, or to allow them to use a fixed IP or acquire an address through DHCP.The next main feature I'm using on this router is the WiFi connectivity. The Vigor can run up to four WIFI networks concurrently with different SIDs, security and passwords. A very nice feature I've not found in any other WiFi router. These networks can be configured to be isolated from each other, and from the machines connected to the wired four port hub built in to the router. Very sophisticated, and it means that you can have a secure wireless network as well as a 'guest' network that has internet access but is isolated from your own machines. You can also bridge to another WiFi network - and again that can be isolated from the others you are running. The WiFi signal is also much stronger than your average router.Draytek sell directional aerials for large open plan areas and longer range building-to-building network bridging.The third main feature I'm using is the VPN. This was refreshingly easy to set up; the router has a table of VPN users. You can create and delete users, selectively enable or disable them, select which protocols they can use to authenticate... I had a VPN user configured and tested in a couple of minutes. Vigor provides VPN software for Windows and the Mac VPN client also works with this router, so there are no additional software licencing costs.There have been a couple of issues with the router. After a few days it wouldn't hold a WiFi connection but a firmware upgrade fixed that. Not sure why the problem didn't show up straight away. Also, the router doesn't play well with my Netgear WGPS606 (a wireless hub and USB printer server) and I've had to hard-wire the IP addresses of machines connect to it. This is a very frustrating problem and I've not been able to establish what is going wrong. I've established a set-up that works - just - but it is irritating, the '606 has to be power cycled from time to time, and print jobs occasionally timed out - behaviour that wasn't present wen it was connected to a WiFI network run from a Netgear DG834GThere are yet more features I've not covered here - the unit also supports digital telephones so you can route calls over the network; if you have two units you can set up a VPN connection over the internet between the two - creating a wide area network.On the whole the product is worth the cost if you need any of the less common features - VPN, multiple WiFi networks, network isolation, a seamless backup connection to the internet, WAN functionality on a budget. A warning though - this is a complex beast to configure. You need prior experience of network configuration. And if you are connecting WiFi equipment - extenders, print servers etc, do some research first to ensure that the Vigor will play nicely with them.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
By Tim
I bought the 2820n because I wanted to do on-line gaming, without compromising the security of my PC. The only way to do that is with a fast router providing a hardware firewall. If you read the specs, the 2820n firewall is rated at 50mb/s. Thats actually quite high for the price point, and is business class performance. Cheap home routers can be in single figure mb/s, which generally the vendors do not like to disclose, citing instead 10/100/1000, wireless g/n, features, where the speeds quoted will never in fact be realised when accessing the external internet, because the firewall throughout is the limiting factor. Also, many hacking attacks these days rely upon sending so many requests, the firewall can't keep up. In this case, even a good SPI firewall, still needs processing power to be effective. The Draytek also detects such flood types of attack, and automatically drops packets. Having used the 2820n, I can vouch that on-line gaming is indeed possible, without major lag. The performance comes from the Infineon Danube chipset, with Dual MIPS 24KEc @ 333MHz. The router has processing power until a few years ago only found in Desktop PCs. I would say this is a connoisseur's choice of home router. If you want low lag premium home networking, this device delivers.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By Mr. P. H. Shearing
This unit offers a huge number of advanced networking options. The built-in firewall gives protection against a plethora of attacks. There is support for VOIP, VPN, ADSL/2+, remote access from the internet, DHCP etc. It supports internal routing as well as NAT (native address translation) so that you can set up you own web-servers on local (internal) addresses (more secure) and run them over your broadband connection (unlike the standard BT Home/Business hubs). It also allows communication with Dynamic DNS sites so that you can support this even if your ISP allocates you a dynamic (changing) IP address.Much stronger wireless signal than my old single-antenna wireless router.It's all configurable from a browser and can be accessed for management securely over the web if required.Recommended if you need a good firewall with all the bells and whistles and you know what you are doing - I handed it to my tame network guru to set it all up and it works really well. If you want quality you have to be prepared to pay a bit more. Recommended.
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