Table Of Contents - Linksys EA-Series User Manual

Linksys EA-Series
Contents
Product Overview
EA2700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
EA3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
EA4500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
EA6500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Setting Up: Basics
How to create a home network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What is a network?
How to set up a home network
Where to find more help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to install your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How to configure your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to connect to Cisco Connect Cloud
How to connect directly to your router
How to improve your wireless connection speed
How to change your network's name and password
How to change your router's local access password
How to change your router's time zone
How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to connect a computer to your network
How to connect a USB printer
How to connect other devices
How to view device details
How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How to set parental controls
How to configure your guest network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to back up your router configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
How to customize Cisco Connect Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using widgets
Customizing the Device List
Using an External Drive
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
How to attach a USB drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
How to use secured folder access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
How to set up authorized users and shared folders
How to access shared folders
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How to set up your router as a media server . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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How to connect your UPnP device to the media server
How to remotely access storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting Up: Advanced
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How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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16 How to manually set up your Internet connection
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How to associate a router with your
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Cisco Connect Cloud account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How to get the most out of your dual-band router . . . . . . . . 34
How to control access to your network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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How to improve security using the built-in firewall
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How to set up the DHCP server on your router . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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How to set up DHCP reservation
How to access your network on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN . . . . . . 41
How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 42
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