Linksys Smart Wi-Fi app is a very amazing feature provided by the Linksys services. You can easily manage your router settings using the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi app from a remote location. Restarting your router is generally turning it OFF and then ON. Here, the wireless devices will disconnect from the router but will reconnect automatically…
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Before we understand the ways to optimize the Linksys router for gaming and voice, let us first know how router prioritizes traffic to the internet. Your Linksys router can prioritize traffic between your network and the Internet. Performance for demanding, real-time applications, such as online gaming, VoIP calls, video streaming, and video conferencing, can…
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Reboot is a process by which a device is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. It turns your router OFF and then ON. While rebooting, all the devices connected to your router will be disconnected and then will reconnect automatically once the reboot process is finished. On the other hand, Factory reset sets the router to…
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Linksys Smart Wi-Fi routers allow you to restrict the internet access by using Parental Controls tool to set the limit of internet usage or for the security purpose. Internet access restrictions allow you to create a set of rules that govern internet access to machines on your network. You can create rules that govern access…
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Mapping a drive is how an operating system associates a local drive with a shared storage area to another computer on a network. After drive mapping, a software application on a client’s computer can read and write files from the shared storage area by accessing that drive. The USB Storage Tool on the Linksys Smart…
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Port forwarding also known as Port Mapping is an application of Network Address Translation (NAT) that redirects a communication request from one address and port number combination to another while the packets are traversing a network gateway, such as a router or firewall. It is done so that the data for Internet applications can pass…
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WPS stands for Wi-Fi protected Setup. It is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network. It lets you connect WPS supported devices to your router wirelessly. The Wi-Fi protected setup usually connects one device at a time. Some routers may not have WPS feature, so Linksys Router Support suggest to you use…
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Devices which are connected to your network are easily manageable through Linksys Smart Account. You can change name, icon of the device or you can also remove them easily. You can also manage devices remotely using Linksys Smart Wi-Fi App. Linksys Tech Support suggests you to manage your devices as it will greatly help you…
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Parental control feature of the Linksys Router Smart Wi-Fi app helps you to set the limit of your internet usage. It also allows you to restrict the access of some websites, you don’t want that your children or other person should visit. This feature helps you to control and monitor the web activities. You can…
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VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network. It is pretty much similar to LAN but unlike LAN which used physical connections from one device to another, VLAN uses logical connections. Any device in the world which is connected to the internet can be connected to a VLAN. VLAN acts similarly as a typical LAN. It…
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