User Guide Linksys E800
Linksys E800 Contents Contents Product overview Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Back view Bottom view 2 2 Setting Up: Basics How to create a home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What is a network? How to set up a home network 3 3 Where to find more help . . . . . .
Linksys E800 Contents Port Forwarding and Port Triggering How to set up port forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 How to set up port forwarding for a single port How to set up port forwarding for multiple ports How to set up port forwarding for a range of ports 31 32 32 How to set up port range triggering for online gaming . . . . . 33 How to configure your Xbox for online gaming . . . . . . . . . .
Linksys E800 Product overview Product overview Features Wireless-N technology Built with leading 802.11n technology, create a powerful home wireless network in minutes. Connect your computers, Internet-ready TVs, game consoles, smartphones, and other Wi-Fi devices at fast transfer rates for an unrivaled experience. Advanced security Keep Wi-Fi freeloaders and Internet threats at bay with WPA2 encryption and SPI firewall to help keep your network protected.
Linksys E800 Product overview Back view Port activity indicator Green network activity indicator Ethernet ports Internet port Power port Wi-Fi Protected Setup indicator Wi-Fi Protected Setup button •• Ethernet ports—Connect Ethernet cables (also called network cables) to these Fast Ethernet (10/100) ports, color coded blue, and to wired Ethernet network devices on your network.
Linksys E800 Setting Up: Basics Setting Up: Basics How to create a home network 2. Make sure that your modem is working. Your ISP can help you set up your modem and verify that it’s working correctly. 3. Set up your router. See “How to set up your router” on page 3. What is a network? A network is any group of devices that can communicate with each other. A home network can also include Internet access, which requires a router like this one.
Linksys E800 How to start Cisco Connect When you run the setup CD, Cisco Connect (your router’s setup software) is 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 another computer” on page 12. NOTES: Your Cisco Connect CD works with only this router model. If you lose your setup CD, you can download the software from Linksys.
Linksys E800 How to improve your wireless connection speed Follow these tips to improve your network’s wireless connection speed: •• Make sure that your router is in a good location: •• For the widest coverage area, install your router near the center of your home, and near the ceiling, if possible. Setting Up: Basics How to test your Internet connection speed To test your Internet connection speed: 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Router settings. The Router settings screen opens.
Linksys E800 How to connect devices to your network Setting Up: Basics 2. Click Computer. 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.
Linksys E800 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. The Computers and other devices screen opens. 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices. 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.
Linksys E800 How to connect a printer When you install a printer that requires a cable, you can: •• Follow the printer’s instructions for setting it up, then follow your computer’s operating system instructions to share the printer with your network. TIP Setting up your printer this way does not require Cisco Connect. When you set up a wireless printer, you need to make sure that: •• Your printer has been completely set up except for being connected to the network.
Linksys E800 To manually connect a device to your network: 1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices. The Computers and other devices screen opens. Setting Up: Basics 6. Enter a name for device, then click Finish. For more instructions on connecting a game console to your network, see also: •• “How to optimize your router for gaming and voice” on page 32 •• “How to set up port forwarding” on page 57 •• “How to set up port range triggering for online gaming” on page 59 2.
Linksys E800 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 browserbased utility, you may not be able to manage your router using Cisco Connect.
Linksys E800 Setting Up: Advanced Setting Up: Advanced How to open the browser-based utility To access some advanced settings, you need to open the browser-based utility. CAUTION If you change settings in the browser-based utility, you might not be able to run Cisco Connect later. To open the browser-based utility: 2. Enter the user name and password, then click OK. The utility’s main menu opens.
Linksys E800 3. Connect an Ethernet cable to the computer and to an available numbered Ethernet (blue) port on the back of your router. 4. Open a web browser on the computer and open the address 192.168.1.1. A login window appears. If your router is version 2 (look for V2 on router’s bottom label), you can go to myrouter.local instead. Setting Up: Advanced 3. In the Internet Connection Type drop-down list, click the type of Internet connection provided by your ISP.
Linksys E800 4. 6rd Tunnel—Allows your router to send IPv6 IP addresses over IPv4 networks. To enable this option, IPv6 - Automatic must be set to Disabled. To let your router handle the 6rd Tunnel settings (such as prefixes and address masks), change the 6rd Tunnel setting to Automatic Configuration. Select Manual Configuration to change these settings manually. •• Prefix—Enter the prefix address used for the tunnel provided by your ISP. Setting Up: Advanced 4.
Linksys E800 6. Click Save Settings. Setting Up: Advanced To set up DDNS: Setup > DDNS 1. Sign up for DDNS service at either www.dyndns.org or www.tzo.com. 2. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 25). 3. Click the Setup tab, then click the DDNS page. 4. In the DDNS Service drop-down list, click your DDNS service provider. The examples below are based on TZO.com. The settings used by DynDNS.org are slightly different.
Linksys E800 In this example, the domain name registered with TZO.com is BronzeEagle953.linksysnet.com. If an Internet camera had been configured (see “How to set up port forwarding for a single port” on page 57), you could access the camera by typing the domain name into the address bar of your web browser followed by the port number used for the device. For example, if the camera in the above example used port 1024, the URL would be: Setting Up: Advanced 4.
Linksys E800 TIP For brief descriptions of the VPN passthrough field settings, click Help in the right side of the screen. More complete descriptions are provided below. •• IPSec Passthrough – IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols used to implement secure exchange of packets at the IP layer. The VPN clients on the local network can establish an IPSec VPN tunnel through the router. This option is enabled by default.
Linksys E800 6. In the Category drop-down list, select the type of item you want to set a priority for. A list of installed items fitting that description appears. TIP Do not set all priorities to High, because all items will have the same priority, and it would be easier to disable Internet Access Priority for the same result. •• Applications and Online Games—Let you assign a priority for an application or online game.
Linksys E800 8. Click Save Settings at the bottom of the screen to accept your changes. 9. Click the Administration tab, then click the Management page and take note of the Internet IP Address and the Remote Management Port settings. You will use this information to access your router remotely. To access your router remotely: 1. Open a web browser and enter the Internet address of your router, then press Enter. •• If you selected HTTP for your Access via setting, enter http:// then the IP address.
Linksys E800 How to configure UPnP What is UPnP? UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) allows devices connected to a network to discover each other and automatically create working configurations. Examples of UPnP-capable devices include web cameras, online gaming applications, and VoIP devices. UPnP is enabled by default. To configure UPnP: Administration > Management 1. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 25). 2.
Linksys E800 3. Click the Basic Wireless Settings page and take note of the Network Name (SSID). 4. Click the Wireless tab, then click the Wireless Security page and take note of the Security Mode and the passphrase. 5. Click the Status tab, then click the Wireless Network page and take note of the Channel. 6. Click the Setup tab, then click the Basic Setup page and take note of the DHCP server’s IP Address range (192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.149 by default) To use your old router as an access point: 1.
Linksys E800 How to put your new router behind an existing router Why would I put my new router behind an existing router? There are several possible scenarios in which you might want to use your new router “behind” another router: 1. You might be in an environment that shares the landlord’s Internet connection with all tenants.
Linksys E800 To determine the address range by using a Mac computer: a. Connect your computer into your upstream network’s router. b. From the Dock, click System preferences, click Network, then click Ethernet in the window to the left. A network status window appears. Setting Up: Advanced TIPS An office network often has a wall plate with an Ethernet port that you can connect to.
Linksys E800 To use their DNS: Setup > Basic Setup 1. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 25). 2. Click the Setup tab, then click the Basic Setup page. 3. Complete the Static DNS fields with the information provided by your content filtering provider. 4. Click Save Settings. To extend your network This topic covers cases three and four above. NOTE This is a complex process, so this procedure assumes that you have some networking knowledge.
Linksys E800 Setting Up: Advanced 5. In the Source IP Address section, select Any IP Address to allow access to your DMZ device from the entire Internet, or select the source range button and enter a range of allowed source addresses. d. Click Select next to the device that you want to place in the DMZ. In this example, the first device was selected. The corresponding MAC address was copied into the MAC Address field as shown below. 6.
Linksys E800 Improving Security Improving Security How do I know if my network is secure? If you configured your router using Cisco Connect, your network is secure. During setup, Cisco Connect creates a name for your network, enables industrystandard WPA/WPA2 wireless security, and assigns a highly secure password for your wireless network and the administrator’s account. To confirm that your network is secure: 1. Run Cisco Connect.
Linksys E800 To manually set your router’s wireless security settings: Wireless > Wireless Security 1. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 25). 2. Click the Wireless tab, then click the Basic Wireless Settings page. 3. Select your preferred security type from the Security Mode drop-down list For most home networks, we recommend WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode. 4. Enter a passphrase (security key) for your wireless network in the Passphrase field.
Linksys E800 How to connect a device using its Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN Improving Security 4. On the client device, enter the PIN listed on the router’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup screen. It is also listed on the bottom of the router. In the example below, the router’s PIN is 32744781. Use this method if your device has a Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN (Personal Identification Number). To connect a device using the device’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN: Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings 1.
Linksys E800 How to control access to your wireless network Why would I need to control access to my wireless network? If you used Cisco Connect to configure your router, your wireless network is already secure. By default, Cisco Connect enables industry-standard WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security using WPA2/WPA mixed mode. Cisco Connect configures your network with a complex, 10-character password that is almost impossible to compromise.
Linksys E800 7. Click Save Settings at the bottom of the page. 8. Click Wireless Client List again to check the updated device list. Only the device you selected remains on the network. Improving Security 3. Select each setting that you want to change. TIP For descriptions of the filters, click Help on the right side of the screen. More complete descriptions are included below. •• SPI Firewall Protection—This helps protect your local network from Internet threats. This option is enabled by default.
Linksys E800 •• ActiveX—This filter blocks ActiveX, so you may not be able to access ActiveX content on websites. To deny ActiveX requests, select this option. ActiveX content is allowed by default. •• Cookies—This filter blocks cookies, which are data stored on your computer and used by websites when you interact with them. To deny cookie requests, select this option. Cookie usage is allowed by default. 4. Click Save Settings to update your changes.
Linksys E800 Port Forwarding and Port Triggering Port Forwarding and Port Triggering How to set up port forwarding 3. Click the Applications & Gaming tab, then click the Single Port Forwarding page. Why would I use port forwarding? Port forwarding is a feature that forwards inbound traffic from the Internet on a specific port or ports to a specific device or port on your local network.
Linksys E800 How to set up port forwarding for multiple ports Port Forwarding and Port Triggering 8. Select Enabled next to the IP Address field. Why would I set up port forwarding for multiple ports? Port forwarding is a feature that forwards inbound traffic from the Internet on a specific port to a single device on your local network. Unlike a web camera that typically only requires a single port to be forwarded, some applications require forwarding of multiple ports.
Linksys E800 To set up port range forwarding: Applications & Gaming > Port Range Forwarding 1. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 25). 2. Set up a DHCP reservation for the IP address of the computer on which you installed the software. (See “How to set up the DHCP server on your router” on page 29). In this example, the IP address of the desktop computer with BitTorrent installed is 192.168.1.140. 3.
Linksys E800 How to configure your Xbox for online gaming Port Forwarding and Port Triggering 4. Enter the port and protocol information as shown in the image below. Why would I set up my Xbox for online gaming? Online gaming adds another dimension to using your Xbox. As with other online gaming applications and gaming consoles, you need to forward multiple ports to use your Xbox for online gaming.
Linksys E800 Maintaining and Monitoring Maintaining and Monitoring How to back up and restore your router configuration Why do I need to back up my router configuration? As with any valuable data, you should back up your router configuration. Your router might contain many customized settings. Those settings would be lost if you reset your router to its factory defaults, and you would need to re-enter all of them manually. If you back up your router configuration, restoring settings is easy.
Linksys E800 To reset your router to factory defaults with the reset button: CAUTION Whenever you restart the router, all logs that are not saved will be lost. 1. With your router connected to power and turned on, press and hold the Reset button on the bottom of your router for 5-10 seconds.
Linksys E800 4. Click the Downloads tab, then select the hardware version for your router from the Select Hardware Version drop-down list. 5. Compare the latest available firmware version on the website with your current version. If there is a newer version, click Release Notes to see if the newer version contains new features you want or solves a problem you are having. 6. If you want the new version, click Download and save the file to your computer. Take note of the file location.
Linksys E800 To check your router status using the browser-based utility: Status > Router Status > Local Network Status > Wireless Network Status > Ports Maintaining and Monitoring 3. Click the Status tab, then click the Local Network page. Your local network’s IP address information and the DHCP server settings are displayed. (Screen from IPv6-enabled router shown.) 1. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 25). 2.
Linksys E800 How to disable the Ethernet port status lights Maintaining and Monitoring 3. In the Rear Port Lights section, click Off, then click Save Settings. Why would I want to disable the Ethernet port status lights? Depending on the placement of the router in a home, some users might find the lights distracting. You can easily disable the lights using Cisco Connect, but you can also disable them using the browser-based utility. To disable the lights using Cisco Connect: 1.
Linksys E800 3. To check whether an address can be reached, enter an IP address or URL, a packet size, and number of times to ping in the Ping Test section, then click Start to Ping. Maintaining and Monitoring A window opens with the test results. A window opens showing the ping test results. You will see a response for each successful ping. NOTE If an Internet URL fails to respond to ping, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the site is down.
Linksys E800 Maintaining and Monitoring 4. To view the logs, click View Log. The Log window opens. 5. Select the log you want to see from the Type drop-down list. •• Incoming Log—The source IP addresses and destination port numbers for incoming Internet traffic •• Outgoing Log—Local IP addresses, destination URLs/IP addresses, and service/port numbers for outgoing Internet traffic •• Security Log—Logins for the browser-based utility •• DHCP Client Log—Local DHCP server status information 6.
Linksys E800 Specifications Specifications Linksys E800 Environmental Model Name Linksys E800 Description Wireless-N150 Router Model Number E800 Switch Port Speed 10/100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) Radio Frequency 2.4 GHz # of Antennas 1 Ports Power, Internet, and Ethernet (1-4) Buttons Reset, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ LEDs Power/Wi-Fi Protected Setup, Internet, Ethernet (1-4) UPnP Supported Security features WEP, WPA, WPA2 Security Key Bits Up to 128-bit encryption Dimensions 188.
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