
| Linksys  | E4200 Contents | 
E4200 Contents
Product overview
| E4200 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 
| Package contents | 10 | 
| Features | 10 | 
| Top view | 11 | 
| Back view | 11 | 
Setting Up: Basics
| How to create a home network | . . . . . . | . 13 | |
| What is a network? | 
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| How to set up a home network | 
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| Where to find more help | . . . | . . . . 13 | |
| How to set up your router | . . | . . | . 13 | 
| How to start Cisco Connect | 
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| How to improve your wireless connection speed . | . . . | . . | 15. . . | 
| How to test your Internet connection speed . . . | . . . | . . | 15. . . . | 
| How to connect devices to your network | . . | . . | . 16. . . . | 
| How to connect a computer to your network | 
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| How to connect a printer | 
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| How to connect other devices | 
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| How to change your router’s name and password . . | . . . . . . . 24 | ||
Setting Up: Advanced
| How to open the  | . | .25. . . . | 
| How to manually set up your router | . | . 26 | 
| How to manually set up your Internet connection | 
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| How to get the most out of your  | . | . 27. . | 
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 | How to set up the DHCP server on your router | . . . 29 | |
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 | How to set up DHCP reservation | 
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 | How to find your network on the Internet | . . . 30 | |
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 | How to clone a MAC address | . | 31 | 
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 | How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN . . . | . | 32. . | 
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 | How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . | . | . 32. . | 
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 | How to remotely change your router settings | . | . 34. . . | 
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 | How to enable Voice over IP on your network | . | . 35. . . | 
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 | How to configure UPnP | . | 35 | 
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 | How to use a router as an access point | . . | . 36 | 
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 | How to put your new router behind an existing router . . . . . . 37 | ||
| . . | To add your router to an existing router or gateway | 
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| To share an Internet connection | 
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 | To extend your network | 
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 | How to expose a device to the Internet | . | .40. . . . | 
Improving Security
How do I know if my network is secure? . . . . . . . . . . .42. . . .
Network security following a manual setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 How to set up wireless security using Wi‑Fi Protected Setup . .43
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| Connecting a device using the  | 43 | 
| How to connect a device using its  | 44 | 
| How to connect a device using the router’s  | 44 | 
| How to connect a device manually | 44 | 
| How to control access to your wireless network . . | . . . . . 45. . . | 
| How to improve security using the  | 46 | 
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