User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Overview
- Setting Up: Basics
- How to create a home network
- Where to find more help
- How to install your router
- How to configure your router
- How to test your Internet connection speed
- How to connect devices to your network
- How to set up parental controls
- How to configure your guest network
- How to back up your router configuration
- How to customize Linksys Smart Wi-Fi
- Using an External Drive
- Setting Up: Advanced
- How to manually set up your router
- How to associate a router with your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account
- How to get the most out of your dual-band router
- How to control access to your network
- How to set up the DHCP server on your router
- 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
- How to put your new router behind an existing router
- How to expose a device to the Internet
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- Maintaining and Monitoring
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
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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 History 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 Linksys Smart Wi-
Fi, 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 -
• 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 encryption standard.
• If your wireless printer supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup, you should use
Wi-Fi Protected Setup to connect the printer to your network. See “How
to connect a network device using Wi-Fi Protected Setup” on page 12.
To connect a USB printer to your network through the router’s USB port:
1.
Log into Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See “How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-
Fi” on page 7.
2.
Click Device List, then click Add a Device.