Linksys EA4500 N900 Dual-Band Smart Wi-Fi Wireless Router

 

How can I set up my new Linksys EA4500 N900 dual-band Wi-Fi router in-network?

Setup of Linksys EA4500 N900 is super easy. All you are required to do is to follow the steps in sequence. What are these steps, how to follow them? These questions will be answered in this very article.

But firstly let’s have an insight on Linksys EA4500 router. Its main attractive features include:

1. Dual-band operability. That means this router is capable of working in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency band simultaneously. It is main reason because of which EA4500 router is capable of providing higher speed with lower interferences.
2. WPA2 encryption and SPI firewall for higher security
3. 802.11n wireless technology to provide higher speed.
4. It is provided with four gigabit ports.
5. The built-in USB port and DLNA media server.
6. Can easily be set up using Linksys Smart Wi-Fi software.

By this, we can easily understand what differentiate ea4500 router from other routers. Now let’s move forward toward our main question of the article, i.e. setting up Linksys EA4500 router.

Setting up Linksys EA4500 router

For setting up a new Linksys router, you will require an installation CD that comes along with your router. If you do not have an installation CD with you, then you can download the same from Linksys.com/support.

Now comes steps involved in this procedure. That includes:

Step 1:- Insert the setup CD into the CD drive of the computer. Once the CD gets read by the drive, you will notice that setup will open up.

Step 2:- Then click on Set up your Linksys router.

Note:- If in case, installation CD does not get run by itself then you have to click on the Start button on the status bar then on the computer and then double click on CD drive later on Setup icon.

Step 3:- Now onward follow the onscreen instructions and your router setup will be completed.

Then a verification email will be sent to you. You will be required to open the link sent to your email id from your home network. It will associate your router with Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account.

Once you have installed the Linksys EA4500 router in the network, then the next important task is to configure it as per your network requirement. Without configuration, it is of no use to you. For configuring a router, Linksys smart Wi-Fi plays a significant role. Let’s dig deep into it to know better about configuration steps.

Configuring Linksys EA4500 router

As already stated above, Linksys smart Wi-Fi plays a crucial role in configuring Linksys router. Some of the configuration steps include:

1. Changing the username and password of your router.
2. Disabling remote sessions.
3. Connecting any device to your router.
4. Configure parental control.
5. And much more.

Now let’s discuss the steps involved in the above-stated configuration steps in depth.

1. Disabling remote session:- If you want to disable any remote session to your router, then various steps involved in the same includes:

1. Log in to Linksys smart Wi-Fi
2. The go-to Router Settings. Under it click on Connectivity. Here go to Administration tab
3. Deselect Allow remote access to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi
4. In the end, click on Ok.

It will disallow any remote access to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi

2. Changing the username and password of Linksys EA4500 router:-

1. Log in to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi
2. Then go to Router settings. Under it click on Wireless
3. Click on Wireless tab and then on Edit
4. enter new network name that you want to assign under Network name and new password under the Password box.
5. In the end, click on, Ok. By this, all changes will get applied.

3. Connecting a device to the router:- If you want to add a device such as a computer then you will be required to follow the steps given below:

1. Go to the wireless manager on the computer. Here select the router’s network and then enter the network password.
2. Then log in to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. Here go to device list to confirm that connection gets established between router and computer.

4. Configuring Parental Control:- Parental control can be used to manage the websites that will be opened in a network or to impose other restrictions. Thus it plays a crucial role in putting restrictions in the network. Steps involved in this are:

1. Log into Linksys Smart Wi-Fi
2. Then click on Parental Control.
3. Click on Enable Parental Control
4. Then select the computer on which you want to impose parental control, under Restrict internet access list
5. If you desire to block any particular website then under block specific sites, click on Add. Then enter URL of the website. By this, that website will be blocked.
6. Once you are done with all changes, then click on Ok. By this, all the changes that you had made will be applied.

These were some of the configuration steps associated with the Linksys EA4500 router. By this, we wrap up our discussion.

We hope all your doubts related to the Linksys EA4500 router would have been resolved.

But if you still encounter any issue, then you can contact on Linksys’s official website for any technical help.