RV-042 VPN Tunnel Backup Feature for Dual WAN Failover

[brydansolutions]

We have clients with dual WAN failover scenarios with site-to-site VPN tunnels.

In the past the VPN tunnel backup feature has only been available in the RV-082.

Do any of the new RV-042 firmware versions have the VPN Tunnel Backup feature available?

[Te-Kai Liu · Accepted solution]

The feature is supported on RV042 V3 hardware.

[shashikumar15]

i have same problem

[nbutlev]

Hi there,

My name is Nikola and I'm a Cisco Engineer with Small Business Devices Team.

First of all I would like to inform you that RV042 routers support up to 100 tunnels.

[nbutlev]

In GUI The VPN > Summary page displays general information about the router’s VPN tunnel settings

If the PPTP Server is enabled, summary information about PPTP clients appears on the VPN > PPTP Server page

You can configure tunnels in Summary:

 •Tunnel(s) Used: The number of VPN tunnels in use. 

• Tunnels Available: The number of available VPN tunnels.

 • Detail: Click Detail for more information. Click Refresh to update the data, or click Close to return to the VPN > Summary page. For each VPN tunnel, the No., Name, Status, Phase 2 Enc/Auth/Grp, Local Group, Remote Group, and Remote Gateway will be displayed.  Above the table, the following information appears:

 • Tunnel(s) Enabled: The number of tunnels that are enabled. 

• Tunnel(s) Defined: The number of tunnels that are defined, including enabled and disabled tunnels. The table displays the following information about each tunnel:

 • No.: The identification number of the VPN tunnel. 

• Name: A descriptive name for the VPN tunnel. 

• Status: The status of the VPN tunnel: Connected or Waiting for Connection.

 • Phase2 Enc/Auth/Grp: The Phase 2 Encryption type (NULL/DES/3DES/ AES-128/AES-192/AES-256), Authentication method (NULL/MD5/SHA1), and DH Group number (1/2/5) that you chose in the IPSec Setup section. If you selected Manual for the Keying Mode in the IPSec section, then only the Encryption type and Authentication method appear.

 • Local Group: The IP address and subnet mask of the Local Group. 

• Remote Group: The IP address and subnet mask of the Remote Group. 

• Remote Gateway: The IP address of the Remote Gateway. 

• Tunnel Test: Click Connect to verify the status of the VPN tunnel. The test result will be updated in the Status column. If the tunnel is connected, a Disconnect button will be available so you can end the connection.

 • Configure: Click the Edit icon to open a new page where you can change the tunnel’s settings. To delete tunnel settings, select a tunnel, and then click the Delete icon

 • Tunnel Enabled: The number of enabled VPN tunnels. 

• Tunnel Defined: The number of defined VPN tunnels. 

• Add: Click this button to add a tunnel. Then choose one of the following options: - To create a tunnel for a remote site with a VPN router, choose Gateway to Gateway. The Gateway to Gateway page appears.