Linksys Linksys E1500 User manual

User Guide
Linksys E-Series Routers

E1200
E1500
E2500
E3200
E4200
Linksys E-Series

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E1200/E1500 Contents
Linksys E-Series
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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

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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

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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

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E3200 Contents
Linksys E-Series
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E3200 Contents
Product overview
E3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Package contents 6
Features 6
Back view 7
Bottom view 7
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

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E3200 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
Using an External Drive
How to congure storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
How to create shared folders 46
How to manage group and user access to shared folders 47
How to create a group 47
How to create a new user 48
How to grant group access to a share 49
How to congure your router’s storage for remote access. . . . 50
How to congure the FTP server 50
How to share folders and set access rights 51
How to access les remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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
E3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Specications
Linksys E3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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E4200 Contents
Linksys E-Series
vii
Product overview
E4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Package contents 8
Features 8
Top view 9
Back view 9
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
E4200 Contents

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E4200 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
Using an External Drive
How to congure storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
How to create shared folders 46
How to manage group and user access to shared folders 47
How to create a group 47
How to create a new user 48
How to grant group access to a share 49
How to congure your router’s storage for remote access. . . . 50
How to congure the FTP server 50
How to share folders and set access rights 51
How to access les remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
How to set up your router as a media server . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
How to connect your UPnP device to the media server 54
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
E4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Specications
Linksys E4200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75