BEFVP41 vs RV042 ... input please

[Ryan D'Baisse]

Anyone have experience with the Linksys VPN routers?  I'm looking for  
input for a VPN DEVICE compatible with Linux?  I'd like to have  
something in place by the end of the week.  There are two hardware  
units I'm looking at...

Linksys BEFVP41:
Linksys site: http://tinyurl.com/a9zsq

Pricegrabber: http://tinyurl.com/74kk8



Linksys RV042:

Linksys site: http://tinyurl.com/c7d5m

Pricegrabber: http://tinyurl.com/9tqk7

The RV042 is about $50 more than the BEFVP41 but it will appearently  
balance the outgoing connections between both cable and DSL. Since  
both are in the house, this may be beneficial.  I wonder how well it  
works, however.

In any case, I'm worried about HOW the client machines will connect  
to the VPN. Most VPN vendors bring with them a proprietary client  
software application (both Cisco and Nortel do). I am HOPING that we  
can just enable IPSec on the Linux clients and automagically connect  
in somehow. Point being, all three (Windows, Mac, Linux) need to play  
well with it.

Thanx,
Ryan