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Linksys EA-Series
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EA6400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
How to create a home network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Where to find more help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
How to install your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
How to configure your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi
How to connect directly to your router
How to improve your wireless connection speed
How to change your network’s name and password
How to change your router’s local access password
How to change your router’s time zone
How to test your Internet connection speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to connect devices to your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How to connect a computer to your network
How to set up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to configure your guest network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to back up your router configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
How to customize Linksys Smart Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to attach a USB drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How to use secured folder access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How to set up authorized users and shared folders
How to set up your router as a media server . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How to connect your UPnP device to the media server
How to remotely access storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to manually set up your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How to manually set up your Internet connection
How to associate a router with your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account 25
How to get the most out of your dual-band router . . . . . . . . 26
How to control access to your network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to improve security using the built-in firewall
How to set up the DHCP server on your router . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to set up DHCP reservation
How to access your network on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
How to clone a MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How to connect to your corporate office using a VPN . . . . . . 33
How to optimize your router for gaming and voice . . . . . . . . 34
How to enable Voice over IP on your network . . . . . . . . . . . 35
How to configure UPnP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
How to use a router as an access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to put your new router behind an existing router. . . . . . 38
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