Linksys Ea4500 Wireless Router Setup

Linksys EA4500 is App Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless Router with Gigabit Ethernet port.
What is app enabled router? A router that can run an ever expanding selection of apps for accessing your home network and the devices connected to it.
Linksys EA4500 router Features:
The Linksys EA4500 has transfer rates of up to 450 + 450 Mbps.
Dual-band technology – It doubles your network bandwidth with its simultaneous dual-band N 2.4 and 5 GHz designed to avoid interference and maximize throughput for smoother and faster HD video streaming, file transfers.
It has four (4) Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) ports for quick file sharing between other Gigabit-enabled devices like computers, hard drives, and servers. EA4500 also has Full 33 MIMO antenna array which boosts signal strength on 2.4 and 5 GHz radios.
USB Storage Port Add external storage, printers and other devices to share across your network.
IPv6 enabled IPv6 is a new IP protocol that uses simplified packet headers and requires IPSec as a fundamental interoperability requirement.
Guest Access You can grant Internet access to visiting friends and family. It allows you to provide Internet access up to 50 guests visiting your home without granting them access to your local network.
How to setup Linksys EA4500 using Cisco connect software:
Before running the Cisco connect software, connect your computer to the Internet modem and make sure that you have active Internet through the modem.
Then connect the modem to the Internet port on E EA4500 and computer to port 1. You can run Cisco connect software on wireless computer also. But I will recommend you to connect the computer to the Ethernet port to avoid error messages.
Run the Cisco connect program and it will setup your router automatically. It will also create a unique secured wireless network and a Guest wireless network also. At the end of the program you will be able to see the router settings, network name and password, guest access password.
You can manage guest settings using the web interface of the EA4500. So it is not necessary to install the Cisco connect software to manage guest network as it was the case with E1000, E2000 and E3000 wireless routers.
How to setup Linksys EA4500 without Cisco connect software:
You can also setup Linksys EA4500 router manually without Cisco connect software.
Connect the modem and computer to the router with the Ethernet cable.
Open the setup page of Linksys EA4500 and change the Internet connection settings manually according to your Internet service provider.
Once you change the Internet connection settings, your main computer will be able to access the Internet. Then change the wireless settings manually and make your wireless network secured.

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