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Linksys EA-Series Contents Product overview EA2700 1 EA3500 3 EA4500 6 Setting Up: Basics How to create a home network 9 What is a network? 9 How to set up a home network 9 Where to find more help 9 How to set up your router 9 How to start Cisco Connect 10 How to improve your wireless connection speed 11 How to test your Internet connection speed 11 How to connect devices to your network 12 How to connect a computer to your network 12 How to connect a printer 14 How to connect other devices 14 How to set up parental controls 15 How to access parental controls 16 How to select the computers to have parental controls 17 How to set parental controls 17 How to set up guest access to your network 18 How to change your router's name and password 19 Contents Setting Up: Advanced How to open the browser-based utility 20 How to manually set up your router 21 How to manually set up your Internet connection 21 How to get the most out of your dual-band router 22 How to set up the DHCP server on your router 24 How to set up DHCP reservation 25 How to find your network on the Internet 25 How to clone a MAC address 26 How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN 27 How to optimize your router for gaming and voice 27 How to remotely change your router settings 29 How to enable Voice over IP on your network 30 How to configure UPnP 30 How to use a router as an access point 31 How to put your new router behind an existing router 32 To add your router to an existing router or gateway 32 To share an Internet connection 33 To extend your network 34 How to expose a device to the Internet 35 i

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Setting Up: Basics
How to create a home network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
What is a network?
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How to set up a home network
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Where to find more help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
How to set up your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
How to start Cisco Connect
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How to improve your wireless connection speed . . . . . . . . . 11
How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to connect a computer to your network
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How to connect a printer
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How to connect other devices
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How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to access parental controls
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How to select the computers to have parental controls
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How to set parental controls
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How to set up guest access to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to change your router’s name and password. . . . . . . . .19
Setting Up: Advanced
How to open the browser-based utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
How to manually set up your Internet connection
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How to get the most out of your dual-band router . . . . . . . . 22
How to set up the DHCP server on your router. . . . . . . . . . .24
How to set up DHCP reservation
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How to find your network on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN . . . . . . 27
How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 27
How to remotely change your router settings . . . . . . . . . . . 29
How to enable Voice over IP on your network . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to configure UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to use a router as an access point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
How to put your new router behind an existing router. . . . . .32
To add your router to an existing router or gateway
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To share an Internet connection
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To extend your network
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How to expose a device to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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