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: Advanced
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5.
To prioritize an application or game, select the name in the drop-down
list, then click and drag the icon next to the name to the High
Priority list.
• If the application name isn’t listed, click Edit and add the name.
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If you want to add a new application or game, you need
to know its port and protocol information (see the
application or game’s documentation for help).
6.
Click Settings. The Settings screen opens.
a.
Set the maximum Downstream Bandwidth. If you set the bandwidth
lower than the actual bandwidth of your router, performance may be
limited.
b.
Set the maximum Upstream Bandwidth.
c.
To help manage traffic priority with devices that support WMM, turn
on WMM Support.
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WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia) Support is a wireless feature
based on the IEEE 802.11e standard. WMM improves
quality for audio, video, and voice applications by
prioritizing wireless traffic. This feature requires that the
wireless client devices in your network also support WMM.
d.
To have the router re-send data if an error occurs, turn off No
Acknowledgement.
CAUTION
If you specify a maximum bandwidth that is too high, the
router cannot apply priorities correctly, and prioritization
problems may result.
e.
Click OK.
How to enable Voice over IP on your
network
Do I need to configure Voice over IP? VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a
technology for using the Internet as an interface for telephone communications.
To use VoIP, you need to get an account with a VoIP service provider. The VoIP
service provider typically provides you with a telephone adapter that connects
to your network. If you do not use your network to make phone calls, you don’t
need to change the default settings.
The Application Layer Gateway SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) allows SIP
packets, used by some VOIP service providers, to get through your router’s
firewall.