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Welcome to my unboxing of Lynxys by Cisco's premium app enabled router. This

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is the EA4500. It is a direct replacement for their 4200 router. Uh

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4200 router. I put the emphasis on the wrong salab. The empasis that is um and

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this is the well the biggest differentiating feature other than being

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like more faster and more better and just kind of more of everything is is

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that it is app enabled. So app enabled means that there's an app for IO iOS and

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Android devices to manage your home network from wherever you happen to be.

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Whether you're on the same network or whether you're on 3G, you can from a

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remote location just kind of go, "Okay, well, I want uh Sally to not be on the

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internet right now because I just got a call from her teacher or I'm in a parent

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teacher conference with her teacher. So I'm turning off her My Little Pony website. She's not allowed to go there

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anymore. In fact, I'm going to send like a packet of death to her computer from

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here. No, you can't do that. But uh but what you can do is you can configure

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things like parental controls. You can turn the internet access on and off. You

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can configure your guest wireless network from wherever you happen to be

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very conveniently. All right. What else we got that makes this the premium like

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the the biggest baddest one? Faster HD streaming to tablets, TVs, and mobile

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devices. Honestly, uh this is sort of this is anecdotal, so just sort of take

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it take it with a grain of salt. What I heard is that there was a major big box

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retailer that had huge returns on tablets except for one branch. And the

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difference was that that one branch was selling everyone a new wireless end

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router with their new tablet because wireless G routers were not giving the

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same satisfying experience with N enabled tablets as an N router was. So

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everyone thought their tablet was really slow for browsing the internet. So there

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you go. They uh they rolled that out to all the stores and their return rates

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went dramatically down. So up to 450

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plus 450 megabit per second speed. So that is concurrent 450 plus 450. Yes.

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Absorb that guys. Up to 900 megabit per second potentially. Remember that's all

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theoretical. 2.4 plus 5 GHz dual band.

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Maximum range. Yeah. I should hope so for a premium router. Speed boost

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technology. Gigabit ports. USB port for storage or whatnot. DNA certified which

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is great if you have any uh DNA um

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enabled media players. They can play media using DNA which is good. HD plus

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3D ready parental controls and easy setup. If you've seen our video on NCX

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tech tips about links is easy setup then you'll believe what they say because

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it's really really easy. Builtin with leading 80 802.11n

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broad compatibility. Yes, it better be. ABG and N Wi-Fi devices simultaneous

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dual band. Talked about that already. Double the bandwidth maximum speed which

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is sort of the same thing as that. Maximum range full 3x3 MIMO antenna

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array for optimal coverage. Although it is still an internal antenna, so it's

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not my favorite, but it should still be better than inferior external antenna

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setups. Increases signal strength across greater distances for added inhome

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mobility. Cool. Okay.

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Advanced security, gigabit Ethernet ports, USB port, DNA certified media

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server. So that means that anything that's being stored on a USB attached

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device will be DNA ready to go. Quality of service is supported and IPv6 is

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supported as well. Setup and manage with ease. Quick three-step setup,

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customizable parental controls, instant guest access, optional advanced

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settings, and downloadable app for convenient network access. So, you have the option of using the browserbased

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setup in order to configure it to your heart's content. But, Lynxis also gives

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you the option of just using the bulletproof wizard on the CD setup

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configuration here. and it does work and it does get

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you going with the basics. It does at least make it so that your new wireless

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network is secured if nothing else. Um,

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and you can set up a guest access and all of that kind of stuff through the

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easy network setup wizard. So, this is one of the few instances I do recommend

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using the CD or even if you're not going to use it, if you buy the router for

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someone else because hey, that's another great feature of that remote app enabled

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nonsense. I'm not going to call it nonsense because it's fantastic because I can just buy a Lynxys by Cisco router

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for my mom and then if she has a problem with it, I can like reboot it from here

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or I can like fix it in some way without actually driving there. Thumbs up. A+ to

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Lynxis for enabling me to do that. Power adapter. Ethernet cable. Yeah, that's

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about it. So, obviously you download the

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app, so it doesn't actually need to include an app in the box. It's like you

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have to expect like the you know you have to expect the kinds of people who

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are like uh you know they want the simplest possible router. So someone goes oh just buy Linkis and be like oh

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it's it's uh comes with an app for iOS and Android. Oh like uh where is it? No

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just kidding. But most people probably wouldn't do that. I also wouldn't really

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put it past some people. Um so I think

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uh other than the physical unit this looks pretty much exactly like the 4200.

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In fact, it might look exactly like Let's go on a journey of discovery. Find

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out if it looks exactly like a 4200.

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Okay, he stepped on cat food. That's better not to do that. So, this is a

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4200 and that is my top panel falling

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down. And this is a 4500. So far,

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they're looking pretty similar. Okay, let's go ahead and Oh, Ryan, it doesn't

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come with wall mounting. So, I have it velcroed to the wall. So, I'll just have

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to tell you guys, and you'll have to take my word for it. Yeah, it looks the

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same. Okay, back out. There we go.

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So, you find passive ventilation, holes on the bottom, vents all around the

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edges. You've also got little rubber standoffy thingies here that hold it

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enough off the floor that it should be able to get some air flow going on

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through there. Remember, heat does Ryzen ideal scenarios. uh 4 gigabit

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Ethernet ports, one Ethernet port, WPS button for easy wireless setup, USB

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storage port, reset button, and finally your uh power in jack. Thank you for

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