Cisco SE1500 - E1200;E1500; Table of Contents

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E1200/E1500 Contents
Linksys E-Series
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Product overview
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Package contents 1
Features 1
Back view 2
Bottom view 2
Setting Up: Basics
How to create a home network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What is a network? 10
How to set up a home network 10
Where to find more help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to set up your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to start Cisco Connect 11
How to install Cisco Connect on another computer 12
How to improve your wireless connection speed . . . . . . . . . 12
How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How to connect a computer to your network 13
How to connect a printer 15
How to connect other devices 15
How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
How to access parental controls 16
How to select the computers to have parental controls 18
How to set parental controls 18
How to set up guest access to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How to change your router’s name and password. . . . . . . . . 20
Setting Up: Advanced
How to open the browser-based utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How to manually set up your Internet connection 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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 32
To extend your network 34
How to expose a device to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Improving Security
How do I know if my network is secure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Network security following a manual setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
How to set up wireless security using Wi-Fi Protected Setup . . 37
Wi-Fi Protected Setup activity light 37
Connecting a device using the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button 37
How to connect a device using its Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN 38
How to connect a device using the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN 38
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