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Setting Up: Basics
Linksys E-Series
To use your Easy Setup Key to connect a computer to your network:
1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices.
The Computers and other devices screen opens .
2. Click Computer .
3. Select Yes, I have an Easy Setup Key, then click next . The Connecting
another computer screen opens .
4. Insert the Easy Setup Key into an available USB port on the computer that
you want to connect to the network . The Connecting another computer
screen opens .
If you do not see this, use Windows Explorer or Finder to view the Easy
Setup Key files, then double-click Connect .
5. Click Connect to your router, then follow the on-screen instructions .
6. Return to the computer running Cisco Connect, then click next .
7. Enter a name for the newly connected computer, then click Finish .
How to connect a computer manually
To connect a computer without using an Easy Setup Key, you will need to print
or take note of some information .
IMPoRTAnT
When you manually connect a computer to the network, the
computer will not have Cisco Connect installed on it .
To manually connect a computer to your network:
1. Run Cisco Connect, then click Add device under Computers and devices.
The Computers and other devices screen opens .
2. Click Computer .
3. Select I want to connect manually using my wireless settings, then
click next . A screen opens that displays network information .
4. Write down the Network name (SSID), Security Key, and Security Type
information, or click Print these settings if you have a printer attached .
5. At the computer you want to connect, enter the network information
into your wireless manager .
6. After that computer connects to your network, return to the computer
running Cisco Connect, then click next .
7. Click Connect to your Linksys router, then follow the on-screen
instructions .
8. When you are prompted to enter a name for the newly connected
computer, enter the name, then click Finish .