| Security | 
| Firewall | SPI, denial of service (DoS), ping of death, SYN flood, land attack, IP spoofing, email alert for hacker attack | 
| Access rules | Up to 50 entries | 
| Port forwarding | Up to 30 entries | 
| Port triggering | Up to 30 entries | 
| Blocking | Java, cookies, ActiveX, HTTP proxy | 
| Content filtering | Static URL blocking or keyword blocking | 
| Secure management | HTTPS, username/password, password complexity | 
| VLAN | Port-based VLANs | 
| VPN | 
| IPsec | 50 IPsec site-to-site tunnels for branch office connectivity | 
| QuickVPN | 50 QuickVPN tunnels for remote client access | 
| PPTP | 5 PPTP tunnels for remote access | 
| Encryption | Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption; AES-128, AES-192, AES-256 | 
| Authentication | MD5/SHA1 authentication | 
| IPsec NAT traversal | Supported for gateway-to-gateway and client-to-gateway tunnels | 
| VPN pass-through | PPTP, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), IPsec | 
| Advanced VPN | Dead peer detection (DPD), Internet Key Exchange (IKE), split DNS, VPN backup | 
| Quality of Service (QoS) | 
| Prioritization types | Application-based priority on WAN port | 
| Service-based QoS | Supports rate control or priority | 
| Rate control | Upstream/downstream bandwidth can be configured per service | 
| Priority | Each service can be mapped to one of 3 priority levels | 
| Performance | 
| NAT throughput | 800 Mbps | 
| IPsec VPN throughput | 75 Mbps | 
| Configuration | 
| Web user interface | Simple browser-based device manager (HTTP/HTTPS) | 
| Management | 
| Management protocols | Web browser, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1 and v2c, Bonjour | 
| Event logging | Syslog, email alerts, VPN tunnel status monitor | 
| Upgradability | Firmware upgradable through web browser, imported/exported configuration file | 
| Migration | Migration utility available to convert the RV042 config file to a RV042G config file |