Cisco Systems EA3500 How to connect devices to your network

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Setting Up: Basics

Linksys EA-Series

NOTE

Internet connection speeds are determined by a variety of factors,

including ISP account type, local and worldwide Internet traffic,

and number of devices in your home that are sharing the Internet

connection.

4.

Click Restart Test to run it again, and click Show Histor y to display the

results of past tests.

How to connect devices to your network

Your Linksys router is the nerve center of your home network. Your router safely

opens the Internet to your network, and all of your computers and network

devices rely on your router to pass files, media, and network commands in an

organized, error-free way. Whether connected wirelessly or with cables, each

part of your network needs the router in order to work reliably with the other

parts of your network.

How to connect a computer to your network

To connect a computer to your network:

1.

At the computer you want to connect, enter your network’s connection

information into your wireless manager.

2.

After that computer connects to your network, log into Cisco Connect

Cloud, then click Device List to confirm that your router recognizes

the new computer. You can use the Device List to monitor all network-

attached devices.

How to connect a USB printer

When you install a printer that requires a cable, you can:

•Follow the printer’s instructions for setting it up, then follow your

computer’s operating system instructions to share the printer with your

network.

- OR -

•If your router is a Linksys EA3500 or EA4500, you can connect a USB

printer to the router’s USB port to make the printer available to any

networked computer.

When you set up a wireless printer, you need to make sure that:

•Your printer has been completely set up except for being connected to

the network.

•Your printer supports the WPA/WPA2 wireless encr yption standard.

•If your wireless printer supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), you should

use WPS to connect it to your network. See “How to connect a network

device using Wi-Fi Protected Setup” on page 16.

To connect a USB printer to your network through the router’s USB port:

For EA3500 EA4500

1.

Log into Cisco Connect Cloud. (See “How to configure your router” on

page 11.

2.

Click Device List, then click Add a Device.

Contents

Main i Contents Contents i Product Overview Setting Up: Basics Setting Up: Advanced Using an External Drive Port Forwarding and Port Triggering Maintaining and Monitoring Troubleshooting Specications Product Overview EA2700 2 Port activity indicator Bottom view EA3500 Parental controls IPv6 enabled Port activity indicators Page EA4500 Wireless-N technology The power of dual band SpeedBoost Advanced security 7 IPv6 enabled Easy to manage Separate guest network Parental controls Port activity indicators Setting Up: Basics 9 How to create a home network What is a network? How to set up a home network How to install your router 11 How to configure your router How to connect to Cisco Connect Cloud How to disable remote access 12 How to connect directly to your router How to improve your wireless connection speed 13 How to change your networks name and password How to change your routers local access password 14 How to change your routers time zone How to test your Internet connection speed 15 How to connect devices to your network How to connect a computer to your network How to connect a USB printer 16 How to connect other devices How to manually connect a network device How to connect a network device using Wi-Fi Protected Setup 17 How to view device details 18 How to set up parental controls How to set parental controls How to configure your guest network How to back up your router configuration How to customize Cisco Connect Cloud Setting Up: Advanced 22 How to manually set up your router How to manually set up your Internet connection How to configure basic Internet connection settings How to associate a router with your Cisco Connect Cloud account How to get the most out of your dual- band router Upgrade your wireless clients Split your traffic How to control access to your network Page 27 How to improve security using the built-in firewall Changing firewall settings Changing IPv6 firewall settings How to set up the DHCP server on your router 29 How to set up DHCP reservation How to access your network on the Internet How to clone a MAC address How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN How to optimize your router for gaming and voice How to enable Voice over IP on your network How to configure UPnP How to use a router as an access point 36 How to put your new router behind an existing router To add your router to an existing router or gateway 37 To share an Internet connection Page 39 To extend your network How to expose a device to the Internet Page Using an External Drive Overview How to attach a USB drive 42 How to use secured folder access How to set up authorized users and shared folders 43 How to access shared folders How to set up your router as a media server 45 How to connect your UPnP device to the media server How to remotely access storage Page Port Forwarding and Port Triggering 48 How to set up port forwarding How to set up port forwarding for a single port 49 How to set up port forwarding for multiple ports How to set up port forwarding for a range of ports How to set up port range triggering for online gaming Page Maintaining and Monitoring How to back up and restore your router configuration How to upgrade the routers firmware How to restore factory defaults How to check the status of your router 55 How to disable the Ethernet port status lights How to test your Internet connection 56 How to configure and use logs Troubleshooting 57 During setup Your router was not successfully set up Windows XP Service Pack update 58 Your Internet cable is not plugged in message Cannot access your router message Page 60 After setup The Internet appears to be unavailable Rebooting your router Page 62 Linksys EA2700 Specifications 62 Linksys EA2700 63 Linksys EA3500 Linksys EA3500 64 Linksys EA4500 Linksys EA4500