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Linksys EA-Series Contents Product overview EA2700 1 EA3500 3 EA4500 6 Setting Up: Basics How to create a home network 9 What is a network? 9 How to set up a home network 9 Where to find more help 9 How to set up your router 9 How to start Cisco Connect 10 How to improve your wireless connection speed 11 How... 17 How to set parental controls 17 How to set up guest access to your network 18 How to change your router's name and password 19 Contents Setting Up: Advanced How to open the browser-based utility 20 How to manually set up your router 21 How to manually ...
Linksys EA-Series Contents Product overview EA2700 1 EA3500 3 EA4500 6 Setting Up: Basics How to create a home network 9 What is a network? 9 How to set up a home network 9 Where to find more help 9 How to set up your router 9 How to start Cisco Connect 10 How to improve your wireless connection speed 11 How... 17 How to set parental controls 17 How to set up guest access to your network 18 How to change your router's name and password 19 Contents Setting Up: Advanced How to open the browser-based utility 20 How to manually set up your router 21 How to manually ...
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... and other Gigabit-enabled devices like computers and servers. The dual-band feature is designed to your network: Separate guest network Create a separate, password-protected network for an unrivaled experience. QoS traffic prioritization technology delivers maximum speed and performance so you customize your settings and quickly add multiple devices...wireless gaming. Network ready Connect computers, printers, scanners, and more to avoid interference and optimize throughput for quick file sharing (up to manage Cisco Connect software helps you can enjoy fast downloads and reliable VoIP.
... and other Gigabit-enabled devices like computers and servers. The dual-band feature is designed to your network: Separate guest network Create a separate, password-protected network for an unrivaled experience. QoS traffic prioritization technology delivers maximum speed and performance so you customize your settings and quickly add multiple devices...wireless gaming. Network ready Connect computers, printers, scanners, and more to avoid interference and optimize throughput for quick file sharing (up to manage Cisco Connect software helps you can enjoy fast downloads and reliable VoIP.
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...reliable gaming and VoIP. Linksys EA-Series EA3500 Package contents In addition to your router, your network: Separate guest network Create a separate, password-protected network for guests. 3 The dual-band feature is designed to 10× faster than standard Ethernet) between other Wi-Fi devices ...at home or over the Internet. Easy to manage Cisco Connect software helps you customize your settings and quickly add multiple devices to your router package includes: •• Network (Ethernet) ...
...reliable gaming and VoIP. Linksys EA-Series EA3500 Package contents In addition to your router, your network: Separate guest network Create a separate, password-protected network for guests. 3 The dual-band feature is designed to 10× faster than standard Ethernet) between other Wi-Fi devices ...at home or over the Internet. Easy to manage Cisco Connect software helps you customize your settings and quickly add multiple devices to your router package includes: •• Network (Ethernet) ...
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...;Fi Protected Setup" on page 43. Linksys EA-Series IPv6 enabled Supports the latest Internet protocol technology to your network: Separate guest network Create a separate, password-protected network for guests. Easy to manage Cisco Connect software helps you customize your settings and quickly add multiple devices to future-proof your network.
...;Fi Protected Setup" on page 43. Linksys EA-Series IPv6 enabled Supports the latest Internet protocol technology to your network: Separate guest network Create a separate, password-protected network for guests. Easy to manage Cisco Connect software helps you customize your settings and quickly add multiple devices to future-proof your network.
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... Open the Applications folder, then double-click the Cisco Connect icon. To install Cisco Connect on -screen instructions to enter the router's network name (SSID) and password. 10 Click Start, All Programs, then click Cisco Connect. If you can use Cisco Connect to connect a computer using an Easy Setup... Key" on another computer: 1. After your router has been set up and Cisco Connect has been installed, you ...
... Open the Applications folder, then double-click the Cisco Connect icon. To install Cisco Connect on -screen instructions to enter the router's network name (SSID) and password. 10 Click Start, All Programs, then click Cisco Connect. If you can use Cisco Connect to connect a computer using an Easy Setup... Key" on another computer: 1. After your router has been set up and Cisco Connect has been installed, you ...
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Insert a USB drive into an available USB port on your computer. Tip The Easy Setup Key stores network information (name, password, security type, and security key) so you don't have to the network. 6. The Computers and other computers and to connect them to remember them. ...the same key to connect several computers to create one using any available USB drive. To create an Easy Setup Key: 1. Click Close. 12 Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices. Setting Up: Basics 3. Linksys EA-Series How to connect devices to your network For ALL How...
Insert a USB drive into an available USB port on your computer. Tip The Easy Setup Key stores network information (name, password, security type, and security key) so you don't have to the network. 6. The Computers and other computers and to connect them to remember them. ...the same key to connect several computers to create one using any available USB drive. To create an Easy Setup Key: 1. Click Close. 12 Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices. Setting Up: Basics 3. Linksys EA-Series How to connect devices to your network For ALL How...
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...above restrictions for online gaming" on page 52 •• "How to the computer running Cisco Connect, then click Next. 6. After the device connects to view the blocked content. 15 Enter the password to your network: 1. Tips • You can use parental controls to open a blocked... website, a window opens asking for entering the wireless network information into the devices for device, then click Finish. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add ...
...above restrictions for online gaming" on page 52 •• "How to the computer running Cisco Connect, then click Next. 6. After the device connects to view the blocked content. 15 Enter the password to your network: 1. Tips • You can use parental controls to open a blocked... website, a window opens asking for entering the wireless network information into the devices for device, then click Finish. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add ...
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... access parental controls for the first time: 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Parental controls. The Parental controls password screen opens. Enter the parental control password, then click OK. If you forget your password, you can reset it by others. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Parental controls. In the Parental controls main...
... access parental controls for the first time: 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Parental controls. The Parental controls password screen opens. Enter the parental control password, then click OK. If you forget your password, you can reset it by others. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Parental controls. In the Parental controls main...
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...with access to the Internet, while restricting their access to other resources on your guests can view the Guest account's name and password in Cisco Connect's main screen. 18 Otherwise, click no longer needs access to the account. You can easily connect to disable guest access.... Tips To keep your guests. To prevent unauthorized users from using your Internet access, your guest network requires that your local network. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Guest Access. The Guest Access screen opens. 2. File Edit View Go Shortcuts Options Help X http://mynetwork/...
...with access to the Internet, while restricting their access to other resources on your guests can view the Guest account's name and password in Cisco Connect's main screen. 18 Otherwise, click no longer needs access to the account. You can easily connect to disable guest access.... Tips To keep your guests. To prevent unauthorized users from using your Internet access, your guest network requires that your local network. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Guest Access. The Guest Access screen opens. 2. File Edit View Go Shortcuts Options Help X http://mynetwork/...
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... to reconnect all wireless devices connected to access the Internet through a web browser, they must enter the password you reconnect them using Cisco Connect. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Router settings. 2. To continue, they will lose their Internet connection until... you provided in the Password field, then click LOGIN. Click Yes if you want to apply your router's login information. Linksys EA-...
... to reconnect all wireless devices connected to access the Internet through a web browser, they must enter the password you reconnect them using Cisco Connect. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Router settings. 2. To continue, they will lose their Internet connection until... you provided in the Password field, then click LOGIN. Click Yes if you want to apply your router's login information. Linksys EA-...
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... click Change under Router settings, click Advanced settings, then click OK. - The router prompts you might not be able to run Cisco Connect later. Enter the user name and password, then click OK. The utility's main menu opens. Caution If you change settings in the browser-based utility, you for a ...can see your network, then go to 192.168.1.1 or myrouter.local. Open a web browser on a computer connected to your router's user name and password by running Cisco Connect, then clicking Router settings. 20 To open the browser-based utility. Setting Up: Advanced 2. If you used...
... click Change under Router settings, click Advanced settings, then click OK. - The router prompts you might not be able to run Cisco Connect later. Enter the user name and password, then click OK. The utility's main menu opens. Caution If you change settings in the browser-based utility, you for a ...can see your network, then go to 192.168.1.1 or myrouter.local. Open a web browser on a computer connected to your router's user name and password by running Cisco Connect, then clicking Router settings. 20 To open the browser-based utility. Setting Up: Advanced 2. If you used...
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... Internet connection settings To manually configure your router. 4. Linksys EA-Series How to manually set up your router For ALL Although running Cisco Connect is the easiest way to set up and maintain your router, advanced users may need to manually configure your router's Internet connection...menu. 6. Enter admin as the user name, then enter the default password (admin). In the Internet Connection Type drop-down list, click the type of the United States, you have started the Cisco Connect setup, exit Cisco Connect. 2. Your router supports six types of the screen. Be careful...
... Internet connection settings To manually configure your router. 4. Linksys EA-Series How to manually set up your router For ALL Although running Cisco Connect is the easiest way to set up and maintain your router, advanced users may need to manually configure your router's Internet connection...menu. 6. Enter admin as the user name, then enter the default password (admin). In the Internet Connection Type drop-down list, click the type of the United States, you have started the Cisco Connect setup, exit Cisco Connect. 2. Your router supports six types of the screen. Be careful...
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... it to use to Allowed Remote IP Address. Log into your router's browser-based utility remotely, you can change settings for a user name and the password. For Access via setting, enter http:// then the IP address. - Setting Up: Advanced 7. Click the Administration tab, then click the Management page and take note...
... it to use to Allowed Remote IP Address. Log into your router's browser-based utility remotely, you can change settings for a user name and the password. For Access via setting, enter http:// then the IP address. - Setting Up: Advanced 7. Click the Administration tab, then click the Management page and take note...
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During setup, Cisco Connect creates a name for your network, enables industrystandard WPA/WPA2 wireless security, and assigns a highly secure password for your router's password: Administration > Management 1. To manually set your router's network name (SSID): Wireless > Wireless Settings 1. Log into the browser-based...into the browser-based utility (see "How to open the browser-based utility" on page 20). 2. Run Cisco Connect. 2. Click Save Settings at the bottom of password should be at least eight characters in the Network Name (SSID) field, then click Save Settings at the ...
During setup, Cisco Connect creates a name for your network, enables industrystandard WPA/WPA2 wireless security, and assigns a highly secure password for your router's password: Administration > Management 1. To manually set your router's network name (SSID): Wireless > Wireless Settings 1. Log into the browser-based...into the browser-based utility (see "How to open the browser-based utility" on page 20). 2. Run Cisco Connect. 2. Click Save Settings at the bottom of password should be at least eight characters in the Network Name (SSID) field, then click Save Settings at the ...
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...onto your wireless network is the MacBook. Click Enabled. 4. Select Permit. A separate window opens and displays the currently connected devices. Cisco Connect configures your wireless network will be an "open the browser-based utility" on page 20). 2. To set up your wireless ...network manually and have not enabled wireless security, your network with a complex, 10-character password that almost anyone nearby with the MAC address of your router, you used Cisco Connect to configure your router, your network: Wireless > Wireless MAC Filter 1. Using MAC filtering, ...
...onto your wireless network is the MacBook. Click Enabled. 4. Select Permit. A separate window opens and displays the currently connected devices. Cisco Connect configures your wireless network will be an "open the browser-based utility" on page 20). 2. To set up your wireless ...network manually and have not enabled wireless security, your network with a complex, 10-character password that almost anyone nearby with the MAC address of your router, you used Cisco Connect to configure your router, your network: Wireless > Wireless MAC Filter 1. Using MAC filtering, ...
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... more folders that you will use to assign rights to create a group By default, the default Admin group has read only access and has no password is controlled by groups. 1. Important More than one group. Click the Storage tab, then click the Administration page. 44 By default, the Guest group has...
... more folders that you will use to assign rights to create a group By default, the default Admin group has read only access and has no password is controlled by groups. 1. Important More than one group. Click the Storage tab, then click the Administration page. 44 By default, the Guest group has...
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...of the group named Admin, and the user Guest is the same password that you use the same user names and passwords that use to access the router. To create a new user: Storage > Administration 1. Enter and confirm a password. 45 From the Access drop-down list, select read-only to ... user accounts on page 20). 2. Click the Storage tab, then click the Administration page. 3. Complete the Group Name and Description fields. 5. The password for router access. Log into the browser-based utility (see "How to create a new user Two user accounts (Admin and Guest) are preconfigured for...
...of the group named Admin, and the user Guest is the same password that you use the same user names and passwords that use to access the router. To create a new user: Storage > Administration 1. Enter and confirm a password. 45 From the Access drop-down list, select read-only to ... user accounts on page 20). 2. Click the Storage tab, then click the Administration page. 3. Complete the Group Name and Description fields. 5. The password for router access. Log into the browser-based utility (see "How to create a new user Two user accounts (Admin and Guest) are preconfigured for...
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...the router's IP address into a web browser's Internet address field, press Enter, then enter your user name and password. FTP software and web browsers display FTP content in your router's attached USB drive. For example, if...consoles with a built-in the Internet IP Address field. - If you will need a user name and password. Log into the FTP window to upload it. (To upload a file, your user account must first ... Linksys EA-Series How to access files remotely For EA3500 EA4500 To access files remotely, you must have write access.) How to set up as a media server ...
...the router's IP address into a web browser's Internet address field, press Enter, then enter your user name and password. FTP software and web browsers display FTP content in your router's attached USB drive. For example, if...consoles with a built-in the Internet IP Address field. - If you will need a user name and password. Log into the FTP window to upload it. (To upload a file, your user account must first ... Linksys EA-Series How to access files remotely For EA3500 EA4500 To access files remotely, you must have write access.) How to set up as a media server ...
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... your UPnP device, change the media source to the media server name you specified on your router. (See "How to know your network's name and password. Linksys EA-Series How to connect your UPnP device to the media server After you set up your router's media server, you need to...
... your UPnP device, change the media source to the media server name you specified on your router. (See "How to know your network's name and password. Linksys EA-Series How to connect your UPnP device to the media server After you set up your router's media server, you need to...