Router settings, Personalize, Easy setup key – Linksys E2100L User Manual

Page 12: Other options, Change router name or password

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Linksys E2100L

Chapter 2: Cisco Connect

9

Advanced Wireless-N Router

Router Settings

The Router settings screen appears .

Router Settings

Personalize

Router name

The name of the Router is displayed

(this is also the name of your wireless network) .
To change the name, click Change and go to
Change Router Name or Password, page 9 .

Password

The password that protects access to the

Router’s settings is displayed (this also protects wireless
access to your local network) . To change the password, click
Change and go to Change Router Name or Password,
page 9 .

Easy Setup Key

Update or create key

The Easy Setup Key is a USB flash

drive that holds the wireless settings for the Router . If
you want to create or update an Easy Setup Key, click this
option and go to Create or Update the Easy Setup Key,
page 7 .

Other Options

Register now to receive special offers and updates

To

sign up to receive special offers and updates, click this
option .

Router details

To view more information about the

Router, click this option and go to Router Details,
page 10
.

Advanced settings

To access settings for advanced

users, click this option and go to Advanced Settings,
page 10
.

Click Finish to save your settings .

Change Router Name or Password

NOTE:

If you change the Router name or

password, you also change the name or
password of your wireless network . The wireless
computers or other devices connected to the
Router will need to be reconnected using the
new name or password (for more information,
refer to Computers and Other Devices,
page 6
) .

If you clicked Change, the Changing  router  name  or 
password 
screen appears .

1 . To change the Router name or password, click Yes .

Otherwise, click No .

Changing Router Name or Password

2 . Complete the following:

Router name

Enter a name of 1-32 characters .

Password

Enter a password of 8-63 characters .

Click Change to save your settings .

Change Router Name and Password

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