User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product overview
- Setting Up: Basics
- How to create a home network
- Where to find more help
- How to set up your router
- How to improve your wireless connection speed
- How to test your Internet connection speed
- How to connect devices to your network
- How to set up parental controls
- How to set up guest access to your network
- How to change your router’s name and password
- Setting Up: Advanced
- How to open the browser-based utility
- How to manually set up your router
- How to set up the DHCP server on your router
- How to find your network on the Internet
- How to clone a MAC address
- How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN
- How to optimize your router for gaming and voice
- How to remotely change your router settings
- How to enable Voice over IP on your network
- How to configure UPnP
- How to use a router as an access point
- How to put your new router behind an existing router
- How to expose a device to the Internet
- Improving Security
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- Maintaining and Monitoring
- Browser-based Utility Menu Structure
- Specifications
- Product overview
- Setting Up: Basics
- How to create a home network
- Where to find more help
- How to set up your router
- How to improve your wireless connection speed
- How to test your Internet connection speed
- How to connect devices to your network
- How to set up parental controls
- How to set up guest access to your network
- How to change your router’s name and password
- Setting Up: Advanced
- How to open the browser-based utility
- How to manually set up your router
- How to get the most out of your dual-band router
- How to set up the DHCP server on your router
- How to find your network on the Internet
- How to clone a MAC address
- How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN
- How to optimize your router for gaming and voice
- How to remotely change your router settings
- How to enable Voice over IP on your network
- How to configure UPnP
- How to use a router as an access point
- How to put your new router behind an existing router
- How to expose a device to the Internet
- Improving Security
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- Maintaining and Monitoring
- Browser-based Utility Menu Structure
- Specifications
- Product overview
- Setting Up: Basics
- How to create a home network
- Where to find more help
- How to set up your router
- How to improve your wireless connection speed
- How to test your Internet connection speed
- How to connect devices to your network
- How to set up parental controls
- How to set up guest access to your network
- How to change your router’s name and password
- Setting Up: Advanced
- How to open the browser-based utility
- How to manually set up your router
- How to get the most out of your dual-band router
- How to set up the DHCP server on your router
- How to find your network on the Internet
- How to clone a MAC address
- How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN
- How to optimize your router for gaming and voice
- How to remotely change your router settings
- How to enable Voice over IP on your network
- How to configure UPnP
- How to use a router as an access point
- How to put your new router behind an existing router
- How to expose a device to the Internet
- Improving Security
- Using an External Drive
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- Maintaining and Monitoring
- Browser-based Utility Menu Structure
- Specifications
- Product overview
- Setting Up: Basics
- How to create a home network
- Where to find more help
- How to set up your router
- How to improve your wireless connection speed
- How to test your Internet connection speed
- How to connect devices to your network
- How to set up parental controls
- How to set up guest access to your network
- How to change your router’s name and password
- Setting Up: Advanced
- How to open the browser-based utility
- How to manually set up your router
- How to get the most out of your dual-band router
- How to set up the DHCP server on your router
- How to find your network on the Internet
- How to clone a MAC address
- How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN
- How to optimize your router for gaming and voice
- How to remotely change your router settings
- How to enable Voice over IP on your network
- How to configure UPnP
- How to use a router as an access point
- How to put your new router behind an existing router
- How to expose a device to the Internet
- Improving Security
- Using an External Drive
- Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- Maintaining and Monitoring
- Browser-based Utility Menu Structure
- Specifications
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Setting Up: Basics
Linksys E-Series
To set up guest access to your network:
1.
Run Cisco Connect, then click Change under Guest Access. The Guest
Access screen opens.
2.
Under Allow guest access, click yes (default) to allow guest Internet
access. Otherwise, click no to disable guest access.
3.
Take note of the Guest account’s network name and password. You will
need to provide this information to your guests.
TIPS
To keep your guest network secure, click Change to change the
guest password when the guest no longer needs access to the
account.
You can view the Guest account’s name and password in Cisco
Connect’s main screen.
4.
In the Total guests allowed drop-down box, select the number of
simultaneous guest network users you want to allow.
5.
Click Finish to apply your changes.
TIP
The first time your guest tries to access the Internet through a web
browser, they will see the Guest access screen. To continue, they
must enter the password you provided in the Password field, then
click LOGIN.