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Linksys EA-Series

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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 nd more help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
How to install your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to congure your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
How to connect to Cisco Connect Cloud 11
How to connect directly to your router 12
How to improve your wireless connection speed 12
How to change your network’s name and password 13
How to change your router’s local access password 13
How to change your router’s time zone 14
How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to connect a computer to your network 15
How to connect a USB printer 15
How to connect other devices 16
How to view device details 17
How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to set parental controls 18
How to congure your guest network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How to back up your router conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to customize Cisco Connect Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Using widgets 21
Customizing the Device List 21

Setting Up: Advanced

How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to manually set up your Internet connection 22
How to associate a router with your
Cisco Connect Cloud account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
How to get the most out of your dual-band router . . . . . . . . 24
How to control access to your network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
How to improve security using the built-in rewall 27
How to set up the DHCP server on your router. . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to set up DHCP reservation 29
How to access your network on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to connect to your corporate oce using a VPN . . . . . . 31
How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 32
How to enable Voice over IP on your network . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How to congure UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to use a router as an access point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
How to put your new router behind an existing router. . . . . . 36
To add your router to an existing router or gateway 36
To share an Internet connection 37
To extend your network 39
How to expose a device to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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