Linksys Linksys E1500 User manual

User Guide

Linksys E-Series Routers

E1200

E1500

E2500

E3200

E4200

Linksys E-Series

E1200/E1500 Contents

Linksys E-Series

Product overview

E1200/E1500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Package contents 1

Features 1

Back view 2

Bottom view 3

Determining your router’s version 3

Setting Up: Basics

How to create a home network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

What is a network? 11

How to set up a home network 11

Where to nd more help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

How to set up your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

How to start Cisco Connect 12

How to improve your wireless connection speed . . . . . . . . . 13

How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How to connect a computer to your network 14

How to connect a printer 16

How to connect other devices 16

How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to access parental controls 18

How to select the computers to have parental controls 19

How to set parental controls 20

How to set up guest access to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How to change your router’s name and password. . . . . . . . . 22

Setting Up: Advanced

How to open the browser-based utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How to manually set up your Internet connection 24

How to set up the DHCP server on your router . . . . . . . . . . . 27

How to set up DHCP reservation 28

How to nd your network on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How to connect to your corporate oce using a VPN . . . . . . 30

How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 30

How to remotely change your router settings . . . . . . . . . . . 32

How to enable Voice over IP on your network . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to congure UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to use a router as an access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

How to put your new router behind an existing router. . . . . . 35

To add your router to an existing router or gateway 36

To share an Internet connection 36

To extend your network 37

How to expose a device to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

E1200/E1500 Contents

Linksys E-Series

Improving Security

How do I know if my network is secure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Network security following a manual setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

How to set up wireless security using Wi-Fi Protected Setup . . 41

Wi-Fi Protected Setup activity light 41

Connecting a device using the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button 41

How to connect a device using its Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN 42

How to connect a device using the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN 42

How to connect a device manually 42

How to control access to your wireless network . . . . . . . . . . 43

How to improve security using the built-in rewall 44

Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

How to set up port forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

How to set up port forwarding for a single port 55

How to set up port forwarding for multiple ports 56

How to set up port forwarding for a range of ports 56

How to set up port range triggering for online gaming . . . . . 57

How to congure your Xbox for online gaming . . . . . . . . . . 58

Maintaining and Monitoring

How to back up and restore your router conguration. . . . . . 59

How to restore factory defaults 59

How to upgrade the router’s rmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

How to check the status of your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

How to disable the Ethernet port status lights 63

How to test your Internet connection 64

How to congure and use logs 65

Browser-based Utility Menu Structure

E1200/E1500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Specications

Linksys E1200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Linksys E1500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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E2500 Contents

Linksys E-Series

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E2500 Contents

Product overview

E2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Package contents 4

Features 4

Back view 5

Bottom view 5

Setting Up: Basics

How to create a home network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

What is a network? 11

How to set up a home network 11

Where to nd more help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

How to set up your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

How to start Cisco Connect 12

How to improve your wireless connection speed . . . . . . . . . 13

How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How to connect a computer to your network 14

How to connect a printer 16

How to connect other devices 16

How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to access parental controls 18

How to select the computers to have parental controls 19

How to set parental controls 20

How to set up guest access to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How to change your router’s name and password. . . . . . . . . 22

Setting Up: Advanced

How to open the browser-based utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How to manually set up your Internet connection 24

How to get the most out of your dual-band router . . . . . . . . 25

How to set up the DHCP server on your router . . . . . . . . . . . 27

How to set up DHCP reservation 28

How to nd your network on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How to connect to your corporate oce using a VPN . . . . . . 30

How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 30

How to remotely change your router settings . . . . . . . . . . . 32

How to enable Voice over IP on your network . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to congure UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to use a router as an access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

How to put your new router behind an existing router. . . . . . 35

To add your router to an existing router or gateway 36

To share an Internet connection 36

To extend your network 37

How to expose a device to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

E2500 Contents

Linksys E-Series

Improving Security

How do I know if my network is secure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Network security following a manual setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

How to set up wireless security using Wi-Fi Protected Setup . . 41

Wi-Fi Protected Setup activity light 41

Connecting a device using the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button 41

How to connect a device using its Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN 42

How to connect a device using the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN 42

How to connect a device manually 42

How to control access to your wireless network . . . . . . . . . . 43

How to improve security using the built-in rewall 44

Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

How to set up port forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

How to set up port forwarding for a single port 55

How to set up port forwarding for multiple ports 56

How to set up port forwarding for a range of ports 56

How to set up port range triggering for online gaming . . . . . 57

How to congure your Xbox for online gaming . . . . . . . . . . 58

Maintaining and Monitoring

How to back up and restore your router conguration. . . . . . 59

How to restore factory defaults 59

How to upgrade the router’s rmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

How to check the status of your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

How to disable the Ethernet port status lights 63

How to test your Internet connection 64

How to congure and use logs 65

Browser-based Utility Menu Structure

E2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Specications

Linksys E2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

E3200 Contents

Linksys E-Series

E3200 Contents

Product overview

E3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Package contents 6

Features 6

Back view 7

Bottom view 7