Linksys EA-Series
2.Connect an Ethernet network cable to a LAN/Ethernet port on your upstream network to the yellow Internet port on your router.
CAUTION
Connect the upstream network to your router’s yellow Internet port, not one of the blue Ethernet ports. If you connect to an Ethernet port, you create IP addressing problems for the office network.
TIPS
An office network often has a wall plate with an Ethernet port that you can connect to.
If you are doing this in a home environment (without wall ports), connect an Ethernet network cable between a LAN port on your upstream router and the Internet port on your Linksys router.
3.Run your router’s setup CD on each computer that you want to connect to the Linksys router. Each computer needs either a wired or wireless connection to the Linksys router. For more information, see “How to connect a computer to your network” on page 11.
The computers that are connected to the Linksys router are now on the same network, and are isolated from the upstream network. However, you will still have access to the Internet through the upstream router (by way of your Linksys router). Because two routers are between your computer and the Internet, Internet traffic undergoes two network address translations. This is sometimes referred to as Double NAT.
Setting Up: Advanced
Your computers can also use the
To use their DNS:
1.Log into Linksys Smart
2.Under Router Settings, click Connectivity.
3.Click the Local Network tab.
4.Complete the Static DNS fields with the information provided by your content filtering provider.
5.Click OK.
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