Linksys by Cisco EA4500 App Enabled N900 Wireless Router Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
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·2013-05-07
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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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