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User Guide
Linksys E1550 Wireless-N Router with SpeedBoost
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Linksys E1550 Contents Contents Product overview Setting Up: Advanced Package contents 1 How to open the browser-based utility 14 Features 1 How to manually set up your router 14 How to manually set up your Internet connection 15 Back view
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Linksys E1550 Contents How to control access to your wireless network 30 Maintaining and Monitoring How to improve security using the built-in firewall 31 How to back up and restore your router configuration 43 How to configure storage 32 How to restore factory defaults 43 How to create shared folders 32 How to manage group and user access to shared folders 33 How to upgrade the router’s firmware
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Linksys E1550 Product overview Product overview SpeedBoost Package contents Higher quality antenna technology helps maintain high speeds across greater distances throughout your home State-of-the-art security Keep Wi-Fi freeloaders and Internet threats at bay with WPA/WPA2 encryption An SPI firewall helps keep your network protected Benefits of Fast Ethernet Use the four Fast Ethernet (10/100) ports for quick file sharing between computers and servers Built-in USB port The USB storage por
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Linksys E1550 Product overview Port activity indicator Back view Green network activity indicator Power port Network and Internet port USB port Internet port Power indicator • Green activity indicator—On Ethernet ports, stays on when a cable Ethernet ports Wi-Fi Protected Setup button connects the port to another Ethernet port On the Internet port, stays on while connected to a modem On both port types, it flashes while • USB port— To easily share disk storage with other users on your netw
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics Setting Up: Basics 2. Make sure that your modem is working Your ISP can help you set up your How to create a home network modem and verify that it’s working correctly 3. Set up your router See “How to set up your router” on page 3 4. To connect a computer or other network device to the network, see “How What is a network? to connect a computer to your network” on page 6 and “How to connect A network is any group of devices that can communicate with each ot
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics To start Cisco Connect on a Windows computer: How to start Cisco Connect 1. Click Start, All Programs, then click Cisco Connect The Cisco Connect When you run the setup CD, Cisco Connect (your router’s setup software) is main menu opens automatically installed onto your computer You can then use Cisco Connect to easily manage your router To install Cisco Connect on another computer after your router has been set up, see “How to install Cisco Connect on an
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics • If possible, upgrade wireless network interfaces (such as wireless How to install Cisco Connect on another computer network cards in computers) from older wireless standards to 802 11n If Although Cisco Connect is installed onto your computer when you run the a wirelessly networked device uses an older standard, the performance setup CD, you may want to manage your router from a different computer on of the entire wireless network may be slower your net
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics 2. Click Computer How to connect devices to your network How to connect a computer to your network You can connect a computer to your network using an Easy Setup Key (the easiest way) or manually How to connect a computer using an Easy Setup Key To use an Easy Setup Key, you first need to create one using any available USB drive After it has been created, you can use the same key to connect several computers to your network TIP The Easy Setup Key stores n
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics To use your Easy Setup Key to connect a computer to your network: To manually connect a computer to your network: 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices. 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices. The Computers and other devices screen opens The Computers and other devices screen opens 2. Click Computer 2. Click Computer 3. Select Yes, I have an Easy Setup Key, then click Next The Connecting 3
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics 6. Return to the computer running Cisco Connect, then click Next The How to connect a printer Name your printer screen opens When you install a printer that requires a cable, follow the printer’s instructions 7. Enter a name for the printer, then click Finish for setting it up, then follow your computer’s operating system instructions to 8. Follow your computer operating system’s instructions for adding the share the printer with your network new printer
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics 3. Write down the Network name (SSID), Security Key, and Security Type How to set up parental controls information, or click Print these settings if you have a printer attached With your router, you can use parental controls to: • Set the times that Internet access is allowed • Block websites based on their content • Block websites that you specify • Set the above restrictions for specific computers TIP When someone tries to open a blocked website, a window
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics 2. Enter a password (from 4 to 32 characters), then enter a secret question To change the parental controls password: and answer 1. In the Parental controls main screen, click Change parental controls • The password must contain from 4 to 32 valid characters, which are password, then follow the on-screen instructions A-Z, a-z, and 0-9 • The answer to the secret question should be something not easily guessed by others If you forget your password, you can
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics How to select the computers to have parental How to set parental controls controls 1. In the Parental controls main screen, click the computer name to set parental controls for It’s not necessary to set parental controls over each computer on your home 2. Under Block Internet access, specify when the computer’s Internet access network You can set the controls on only those computers that children can will be blocked: access • Never does not block Internet
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics 4. In the Total guests allowed drop-down box, select the number of How to set up guest access to your simultaneous guest network users you want to allow network 5. Click Finish to apply your changes You can use your router’s guest access feature to provide your guests with TIP access to the Internet, while restricting their access to other resources on The first time your guest tries to access the Internet through a web your local network The guest networ
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Basics How to change your router’s name and password You can change the name and password of your router, but if you do so, all wireless devices connected to your router will lose their Internet connection until you reconnect them using the new router name and password CAUTION If you change your router’s name and password using the browser- based utility, you may not be able to manage your router using Cisco Connect We recommend using the procedure below to chang
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Advanced Setting Up: Advanced 2. Enter the user name and password, then click OK The utility’s main menu How to open the browser-based utility opens To access some advanced settings, you need to open the browser-based utility TIP If you set up your router without using Cisco Connect, your router’s To open the browser-based utility: default password is admin (You can leave the user name blank ) 1. Run Cisco Connect, click Change under Router settings, click Advanc
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Advanced 4. Open a web browser on the computer and open the address 192.168.1.1 3. In the Internet Connection Type drop-down list, click the type of A login window appears Internet connection provided by your ISP TIP For field descriptions, click Help on the right side of the screen 5. Enter the default password (admin) (You can leave the user name blank ) The browser-based utility opens to the main menu 6. After you finish changing settings, click Save Settings
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Advanced 3. Review the DHCP Server Setting fields (in the middle of the screen) You 5. Click Add Clients The client you selected is added to the Clients Already can: Reserved table • Enable or disable the DHCP server You can also manually enter a client name, IP address, and MAC address of a device to create a DHCP reservation • Change the starting address for the DHCP server 6. Click Save Settings • Change the number of users (253 maximum) 4. If you change a
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Linksys E1550 Setting Up: Advanced To set up DDNS: In this example, the domain name registered with TZO com is BronzeEagle953.linksysnet.com If an Internet camera had been configured Setup > DDNS (see “How to set up port forwarding for a single port” on page 39), you 1. Sign up for DDNS service at either www.dyndns.org or www.tzo.com could access the camera by typing the domain name into the address bar 2. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based of your web
