Cisco Small Business RV315W User manual

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Data Sheet
Cisco RV315W Wireless-N VPN Router
with Highly Integrated and Reliable Connectivity
for Small Business and Franchises
The Cisco®RV315W Wireless-N VPN Router provides highly integrated and reliable connectivity, with central
management, to small businesses and franchises.
The Cisco RV315W (Figure 1) integrates dual Gigabit Ethernet (GE) WAN ports, eight Fast Ethernet (FE) LAN
ports with Wireless-N, and USB to fulfill the evolving requirements of small business customers. With TR-069,
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and remote access capability, the Cisco RV315W can be quickly
deployed, monitored, and maintained with central management tools in remote locations without local IT support.
Dual WAN and 3G uplink with well-designed VPN redundancy help ensure a reliable connection anywhere, at any
time. With a limited lifetime warranty, the RV315W offers the ideal combination of reliability and performance to
support a growing business.
Figure 1. Cisco RV315W Wireless-N VPN Router
Product Overview
The Cisco RV315W Wireless-N VPN Router features:
●All-in-one network connectivity
With eight FE LAN ports, dual GE WAN ports, and USB supporting a Code Division Multiple Access
(CDMA) and Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) dongle, the Cisco RV315W is the perfect router to connect all the
devices in a small business or franchise to the Internet, securely and reliably, with just a single device.
Integrated 802.11n wireless with support for multiple service set identifiers (SSIDs) helps improve employee
productivity and customer satisfaction by enabling employee mobility and Internet access for guests.
●Highly available VPN service
With a hardware acceleration engine, the Cisco RV315W supports up to 50 VPN tunnels with nearly 100-
Mbps throughput. In addition to this high level of scalability, the RV315W is designed with VPN redundancy

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to support continuous business operation over the VPN connection. The RV315W is able to keep VPN
connections operational by switching between GE WAN and 3G connections in case of link failure, and
switching over to a backup server in case of headend failure.
●Central management capability
As your business grows, you need to manage an increasing number of remote sites or satellite locations.
With TR-069, SNMP, and remote access capability, the Cisco RV315W can be quickly deployed, monitored,
and maintained with central management tools without local IT support. Information on device status and
the ability to push configuration parameters and perform remote firmware upgrades enables IT personnel at
headquarters to proactively manage the network at all remote sites.
Product Specifications
Figures 2 and 3 show the front and back panels, respectively, of the Cisco RV315W.
Figure 2. Front Panel
Figure 3. Back Panel
WLAN
802.11n, 2.4GHz, 2*2MIMO
USB1 - 3G/LTE USB Modem
USB2 - Syslog Storage
GE0
WAN0
GE1
WAN1 or LAN0
8×FE LAN
Reset
Power Input
Power Switch

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Table 1 lists the port specifications for the Cisco RV315W.
Table 1. Port Specifications
Port USB1 USB2 GE0 GE1 FE1 to FE8 WLAN
Functionality 3G/LTE access Storage for syslog 10/100/1000 Mbps,
WAN0
10/100/1000 Mbps,
WAN1/LAN0
10/100 Mbps, LAN1
to LAN8
802.11b/g/n, 2.4
GHz
Scenarios
The following are some typical scenarios for the Cisco RV315W:
Internet access with integrated VPN for small businesses
●Dual WAN for Internet connectivity: GE0 and GE1 can connect to the same or different Internet service
providers (ISPs), for load balancing or redundancy in case of failure.
●Single WAN for Internet connectivity: GE0 can connect to an ISP, and GE1 can be configured as a GE LAN
port, connecting to switches for more endpoint devices.
●3G mobile wireless connectivity: The 3G capability can serve as emergency backup for the GE WAN ports
or as an independent WAN connection when the RV315W is deployed in places where a landline Internet
connection is not available.
●VPN access: Several locations can be connected through site-to-site VPN. Employees can also access the
office network and resources with remote-access VPN.
Figure 4. Cisco RV315W Internet Access Topology
Branch VPN router for franchises
●Site-to-site VPN with dynamic public IP: The Cisco RV315W can serve as an Internet gateway with dynamic
address (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet [PPPoE], Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP])
connecting to a VPN concentrator at corporate headquarters.
●Site-to-site VPN through Network Address Translation (NAT): The RV315W can be located behind the
Internet gateway with a private IP address, connecting through NAT to a VPN concentrator at corporate
headquarters.

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●Site-to-site VPN over 3G: For remote locations where landline Internet is not available, the RV315W can
provide VPN tunnels over 3G to enable deployment flexibility.
Figure 5. Cisco RV315W IPSec Site-to-Site VPN topology
Product Hightlights
Table 2 lists the features and advantages of the Cisco RV315W.
Table 2. Features and Advantages
Feature Advantages
Flexible interfaces ●1 GE WAN port, 1 GE WAN/LAN convertible port.
●8 FE LAN ports, 802.11b/g/n WLAN, and 2 USB 2.0 interfaces.
●Easily adapt to different network deployment requirements. Provides investment protection in a changing
business environment.
Dual GE ports ●Configurable as dual GE WAN ports or GE WAN port plus GE LAN port.
●When working as dual GE WAN ports, the GE ports can be in load balancing mode or failover mode.
●In load balancing mode, the traffic can be distributed to 2 links by TCP connection. The percentage of
traffic for each link is configurable to adapt to different link bandwidths.
●In failover mode, redundancy for network connectivity is provided by primary and backup links. When the
primary link is disconnected, traffic will automatically fail over to the backup link.
●When only a single WAN port is needed, the WAN1/LAN0 GE port can be configured to LAN trunk mode,
connecting to a GE uplink switch to expand the LAN ports.
3G/LTE USB uplink ●Can serve as a backup link for the WAN port. The 3G/LTE USB modem is not connected, and will not
generate traffic, until the WAN link fails.
●Can serve as the primary uplink for the device in remote locations where landline Internet is not available.
●Supports a virtual private dialup network (VPDN) to enable Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) VPN with a
service provider’s 3G/LTE network.
●Supports IP Security (IPsec) VPN tunnels over the 3G/LTE link, helping ensure high availability of VPN
service.
Hardware acceleration engine
for VPN
●VPN hardware acceleration engine supports a variety of cryptographic and hash algorithms, including Data
Encryption Standard (DES), Triple DES (3DES), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Message Digest
Algorithm 5 (MD5), and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA).
●Reduces CPU load and enables rich services with VPN.
●Increases VPN throughput due to reduced latency.

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Feature Advantages
Highly reliable VPN service ●Support for VPN tunnel over dual WAN and 3G/LTE uplinks, providing protection against local link failure.
●Support for backup remote peer addresses, helping protect against remote device or link failure.
●Flexible VPN deployment with dynamic local IP address or private IP address behind NAT for VPN
connection.
●Support for dead peer detection (DPD) mechanism to detect VPN tunnel status and reconnect as needed.
Web filtering ●Whitelists and blacklists for web filtering, enabling easy implementation of web access policy for the
organization.
●Ability to filter file downloads by file type.
●Support for customized file filter types.
●Support for bulk importing of filter lists.
Rate limit ●Limit maximum session number for each IP address according to IP address range.
●Limit maximum session number by physical port number.
●Rate limit based on destination port, MAC address, local port, VLAN, or IP address.
●Rate limit based on protocol type.
Product Specifications
Table 3 lists the hardware specifications for the Cisco RV315W.
Table 3. Hardware Specifications
Specifications Description
DRAM ●256 MB, DDR3
Flash ●128 MB
WAN ●Two 10/100/1000 Ethernet
LAN ●Eight 10/100 Ethernet
WLAN ●IEEE 802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz
USB Two USB 2.0
●USB1: Used for 3G USB modem
●USB2: Reserved for future development
LEDs ●Power, SYS, WAN0, WAN1, LAN0, LAN1 through LAN8, USB, 3G, WLAN, VPN, NMS
Buttons ●Power switch button, Reset button
Physical dimensions and
weight
●Product dimensions (H x W x D): 12.16 in. x 7.09 in. x 1.73 in. (308 mm x 180 mm x 44 mm)
●Weight: 3.09 lb (1.4 kg)
Housing ●Metal
Power ●External power adapter
●Input: 100 to 240V AC, 50 to 60 Hz
●Output: 12V DC, 3A
Ventilation ●Fanless cooling
Environmental ●Operational temperature: 0° to 40°C (32° to 104°F)
●Nonoperational temperature range: –30° to 60°C (–22° to 140°F)
●Operational humidity range: 0% to 95% (noncondensing)
Performance ●New TCP connections per second: 3200
●Concurrent active TCP connections: 50,000
●IPsec VPN tunnels: 50
Table 4 lists the software specifications for the Cisco RV315W.

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Table 4. Software Specifications
Specifications Description
IP and IP applications ●DHCP/PPPoE/Static IP/L2TP
●DNS Proxy
●NAT/PAT
●Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v1 and v2 Proxy and Snooping
●Dynamic DNS (DDNS) (TZO and DynDNS)
●Port Forwarding, Port Range Forwarding, Port Triggering
●Port Mirroring
●Hardware and software network edge (DMZ)
●Application Layer Gateway (ALG) (generic routing encapsulation [GRE], Session Initiation Protocol [SIP],
H.323, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol [RSTP])
●Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Routing ●Static
●Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1 and v2
●Policy-based routing
VLAN ●IEEE 802.1Q
●VLAN by LAN ports and SSIDs
●15 active VLANs
●VLAN trunk
●Inter-VLAN routing
Firewall ●Stateful Packet Inspection
●Block on proxy, Java, ActiveX, and cookies
Distributed denial of service
(DDoS)
●SYN flood
●UDP flood
●ICMP flood
Anti Address Resolution
Protocol (ARP) attack
●ARP flooding threshold
●ARP broadcast
●IP address and MAC binding
Access control lists (ACL) ●Blacklist and whitelist
●Time range
●Protocol
●LAN port
●Source IP address and source IP range
●Destination IP address and destination IP range
MAC filtering ●Allow or forbid
●Start and end time
IPsec VPN ●Site-to-site and remote access
●Main mode and aggressive mode
●Pre-shared key
●DES, 3DES, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256
●MD5 and SHA-1
●DH group 1 and DH group 2
●DPD
●NAT-T
●Primary and secondary IP for VPN tunnel peer
●IPsec VPN pass-through
L2TP VPN ●L2TP VPN pass-through

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Specifications Description
3G access ●CDMA Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO) and WCDMA USB modem
●Automatic dialing by SIM card default APN, user name, password, and dialing strings
●Manual input by APN, user name, password, and dialing strings
●Automatic dialing
●Manual dialing
●Always online
●Idle to disconnect
●Display of SIM card information
●USB modem information
●VPDN
Quality of service (QoS) ●802.1p
●Differentiated services code point (DSCP)
●Uplink rate limit
●4 queues per port
●1 strict priority queue
●10 application queues
●Policy based on destination IP port, MAC address, physical port, VLAN, and IP address
●Application protocol-based policy
●Session control based on IP address, physical port
Management ●HTTP/HTTPS based web GUI
●2-tier management privilege (administrator and user)
●Import and export of configuration file
●Firmware web upgrade, dual image firmware upgrade
●Diagnostics on ping, traceroute, HTTP get, DNS query, and syslog
●Network Time Protocol (NTP)
●SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
●TR-069 over HTTP
Table 5 lists the WLAN specifications for the Cisco RV315W.
Table 5. WLAN Specifications
Specifications Description
Standard ●IEEE 802.11n with 802.11b/g compatibility
Radio frequency ●2.4 GHz
Radio bandwidth ●20 MHz and 40 MHz
Transmission rate ●802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps
●802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps
●802.11n: 6.5/15, 13/30, 19.5/45, 26/60, 39/90, 52/120, 58.5/135, 65/150, 78/180, 117/270, or 130/300
Mbps
SSIDs ●Up to 4 SSIDs
WLAN security ●Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
●Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)-Personal
●WPA2-Personal
●WPA-Enterprise
●WPA2-Enterprise
WLAN QoS ●Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)
Antenna ●2 omnidirectional 2-dBi gain external antennas with SMA connector

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Front Panel LEDs
Table 6 describes the LEDs for the Cisco RV315W.
Table 6. Front Panel LEDs
LED Status
Power
Device power LED
Off: Power is off or a fault has occurred
Steady green: Power is on
SYS
System status LED
Off: Network connection is not configured
Steady red: System error
Flashing red: System busy (CPU/memory utilization over threshold)
Flashing green: Connecting to the Internet or a firmware upgrade is in progress
Steady green: Device is operating
WAN0
GE0 port status LED
Off: Link is disconnected
Steady green: Link is connected
Flashing green: Passing traffic on WAN0
WAN1/LAN0
GE1 port status LED
Off: Link is disconnected
Steady green: Link is connected
Flashing green: Passing traffic on WAN1 or LAN0
LAN through LAN8
LAN port status LEDs
Off: Link is disconnected
Steady green: Link is connected
Flashing green: Passing traffic on LAN link
3G
3G/LTE USB dongle status LED
Off: 3G/LTE link is disconnected
Steady green: 3G/LTE link is connected
Flashing green: Passing traffic on 3G/LTE link
USB
USB storage device LED
Off: USB storage device is not connected
Steady green: USB storage device for syslog is connected
Flashing green: Read/write on USB storage device
WLAN
WLAN status LED
Off: WLAN radio is turned off
Steady green: WLAN radio is active
Flashing green: WLAN is passing traffic
VPN
VPN status LED
Off : No VPN tunnel is established
Steady green: VPN tunnels is active
Flashing green: Trying to establish VPN connection or failed to establish connection
NMS
Network management status
LED
Off: Not connected to central management system
Steady green: Connected to central management system
Flashing green: Operation in progress with central management system
Configuration Requirements
Table 7 lists the configuration requirements for the Cisco RV315W.
Table 7. Configuration Requirements
Feature Requirements
Hardware requirements PC with network adapter and Ethernet cable
Software requirements Web browser (Internet Explorer 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or later)

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Ordering Information
Table 8 lists ordering information for the Cisco RV315W.
Table 8. Ordering Information
Part Number Description
RV315W-E-K9-EU RV315W Broadband Wireless-N VPN Router
RV315W-E-K9-UK RV315W Broadband Wireless-N VPN Router
RV315W-A-K9-AU RV315W Broadband Wireless-N VPN Router
Warranty Information
The Cisco RV315W comes with a limited lifetime warranty and service from the award-winning Cisco Small
Business Support Center, for unprecedented investment protection. For more information on the product warranty,
visit www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.
For More Information
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