E900, E900 contents, Product overview – Linksys E4200 User Manual

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E900 Contents

Linksys E-Series

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E900 Contents

Product overview

E900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Package contents

1

Features

1

Back view

2

Bottom view

2

Setting Up: Basics

How to create a home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

What is a network?

13

How to set up a home network

13

Where to find more help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How to set up your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

How to start Cisco Connect

14

How to improve your wireless connection speed . . . . . . . . . 15
How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

How to connect a computer to your network

16

How to connect a printer

18

How to connect other devices

18

How to change your router’s name and password . . . . . . . . . 24

Setting Up: Advanced

How to open the browser-based utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
How to manually set up your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

How to manually set up your Internet connection

26

How to set up the DHCP server on your router . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How to set up DHCP reservation

30

How to find your network on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN . . . . . . 32
How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 32
How to remotely change your router settings . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to enable Voice over IP on your network . . . . . . . . . . . 35
How to configure UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
How to use a router as an access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
How to put your new router behind an existing router . . . . . . 37

To add your router to an existing router or gateway

38

To share an Internet connection

38

To extend your network

39

How to expose a device to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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