Welcome to my unboxing of Lynxys by Cisco's premium app enabled router. This
is the EA4500. It is a direct replacement for their 4200 router. Uh
4200 router. I put the emphasis on the wrong salab. The empasis that is um and
this is the well the biggest differentiating feature other than being
like more faster and more better and just kind of more of everything is is
that it is app enabled. So app enabled means that there's an app for IO iOS and
Android devices to manage your home network from wherever you happen to be.
Whether you're on the same network or whether you're on 3G, you can from a
remote location just kind of go, "Okay, well, I want uh Sally to not be on the
internet right now because I just got a call from her teacher or I'm in a parent
teacher conference with her teacher. So I'm turning off her My Little Pony website. She's not allowed to go there
anymore. In fact, I'm going to send like a packet of death to her computer from
here. No, you can't do that. But uh but what you can do is you can configure
things like parental controls. You can turn the internet access on and off. You
can configure your guest wireless network from wherever you happen to be
very conveniently. All right. What else we got that makes this the premium like
the the biggest baddest one? Faster HD streaming to tablets, TVs, and mobile
devices. Honestly, uh this is sort of this is anecdotal, so just sort of take
it take it with a grain of salt. What I heard is that there was a major big box
retailer that had huge returns on tablets except for one branch. And the
difference was that that one branch was selling everyone a new wireless end
router with their new tablet because wireless G routers were not giving the
same satisfying experience with N enabled tablets as an N router was. So
everyone thought their tablet was really slow for browsing the internet. So there
you go. They uh they rolled that out to all the stores and their return rates
went dramatically down. So up to 450
plus 450 megabit per second speed. So that is concurrent 450 plus 450. Yes.
Absorb that guys. Up to 900 megabit per second potentially. Remember that's all
theoretical. 2.4 plus 5 GHz dual band.
Maximum range. Yeah. I should hope so for a premium router. Speed boost
technology. Gigabit ports. USB port for storage or whatnot. DNA certified which
is great if you have any uh DNA um
enabled media players. They can play media using DNA which is good. HD plus
3D ready parental controls and easy setup. If you've seen our video on NCX
tech tips about links is easy setup then you'll believe what they say because
it's really really easy. Builtin with leading 80 802.11n
broad compatibility. Yes, it better be. ABG and N Wi-Fi devices simultaneous
dual band. Talked about that already. Double the bandwidth maximum speed which
is sort of the same thing as that. Maximum range full 3x3 MIMO antenna
array for optimal coverage. Although it is still an internal antenna, so it's
not my favorite, but it should still be better than inferior external antenna
setups. Increases signal strength across greater distances for added inhome
mobility. Cool. Okay.
Advanced security, gigabit Ethernet ports, USB port, DNA certified media
server. So that means that anything that's being stored on a USB attached
device will be DNA ready to go. Quality of service is supported and IPv6 is
supported as well. Setup and manage with ease. Quick three-step setup,
customizable parental controls, instant guest access, optional advanced
settings, and downloadable app for convenient network access. So, you have the option of using the browserbased
setup in order to configure it to your heart's content. But, Lynxis also gives
you the option of just using the bulletproof wizard on the CD setup
configuration here. and it does work and it does get
you going with the basics. It does at least make it so that your new wireless
network is secured if nothing else. Um,
and you can set up a guest access and all of that kind of stuff through the
easy network setup wizard. So, this is one of the few instances I do recommend
using the CD or even if you're not going to use it, if you buy the router for
someone else because hey, that's another great feature of that remote app enabled
nonsense. I'm not going to call it nonsense because it's fantastic because I can just buy a Lynxys by Cisco router
for my mom and then if she has a problem with it, I can like reboot it from here
or I can like fix it in some way without actually driving there. Thumbs up. A+ to
Lynxis for enabling me to do that. Power adapter. Ethernet cable. Yeah, that's
about it. So, obviously you download the
app, so it doesn't actually need to include an app in the box. It's like you
have to expect like the you know you have to expect the kinds of people who
are like uh you know they want the simplest possible router. So someone goes oh just buy Linkis and be like oh
it's it's uh comes with an app for iOS and Android. Oh like uh where is it? No
just kidding. But most people probably wouldn't do that. I also wouldn't really
put it past some people. Um so I think
uh other than the physical unit this looks pretty much exactly like the 4200.
In fact, it might look exactly like Let's go on a journey of discovery. Find
out if it looks exactly like a 4200.
Okay, he stepped on cat food. That's better not to do that. So, this is a
4200 and that is my top panel falling
down. And this is a 4500. So far,
they're looking pretty similar. Okay, let's go ahead and Oh, Ryan, it doesn't
come with wall mounting. So, I have it velcroed to the wall. So, I'll just have
to tell you guys, and you'll have to take my word for it. Yeah, it looks the
same. Okay, back out. There we go.
So, you find passive ventilation, holes on the bottom, vents all around the
edges. You've also got little rubber standoffy thingies here that hold it
enough off the floor that it should be able to get some air flow going on
through there. Remember, heat does Ryzen ideal scenarios. uh 4 gigabit
Ethernet ports, one Ethernet port, WPS button for easy wireless setup, USB
storage port, reset button, and finally your uh power in jack. Thank you for
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