E3000 Router without Cisco Connect

I just setup my new E3000 which in general is working great. Being a Cisco geek at work, my first step was to connect via http and toss the Cisco Connect CD to the side. After getting the basics setup to mimic my old Cisco 871W, I started to look into some of the whiz bang features on teh E3000.
The first one that I wanted to take advantage of was having a different SSID for the 5GHz band from the 2.4GHz band. In the web interface this seemed simple to do, but although the SSID was showing up on my laptop I was unable to connect to it. As soon as I made the SSIDs the same, my laptop connected to the 5GHz side or 2.4GHz just fine. Is there some magic to getting this setup?
The other feature I wanted to setup was the Guest access. Unfortunately it looks like this feature is hidden unless you use Cisco Connect and if you don't use 192.168.1.1 for your router Cisco Connect can't see it. Am I missing something somewhere?
Thanks,
Ben Story
CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA, CCSP
Ben Story
CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA, CCSP

I initially had a different SSID for the 5GHz band and was able to connect my Wireless-N bridge to it without any problems. However, hours later, both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands flaked out, and now I can't get anything to connect to them. The wired portion of my router works fine. I'll be doing a firmware reinstall and 30/30/30 hard reset tomorrow. I assume it might be an issue with the firmware being 1.0. if it's not, it's being returned for another unit.
As for guest access, yes, you can only adjust it through Cisco Connect. There is no web UI option for it. If you change the password of your router, its default IP, and possibly its name, Cisco Connect will not work.
Cisco really screwed up this release. Hopefully the next firmware release will fix all of this.

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My old router died this weekend after 10 years and I have been wanting to get a faster router for a while anyways.
I picked up a E3000 and set it up yesterday.
The firmware is 1.0.03
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I changed the router settings so you can only browser manage the router through https and turned off http access to the router.
Cisco Connect now doesn't work. Will Cisco Connect work with HTTPS? Do I have to do something to get it to work?
I also didn't see a version number on Cisco Connect am I just not noticing it?
I'd really like to shut off wireless on most days when I'm not home. I want the router to still be working since my desktop computers are directly connected to the router and I remote into them. Is there an easy way to shutoff the wireless and then easily turn it back on when I get home?
thanks
mike

Mine works the same. It's probably designed that way for the manual way of logging into the setup page of the router.
No, it seems no updates yet or see the need to have one.
No, it doesn't have that option unfortunately.
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You cannot use your iPhone as a router without being connected to data.
That is essentially what I said above. When streaming local content you won't incur any data but you can't use the feature while in airplane mode.
However; you can use an airport express (2nd generation) as a router without being conected to the internet.
Yes, An Airport Express is a router, which is what I recommended initially as it is a much better solution, glad it's all worked out.

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ok now i have totally by pass the cisco connect software, and manually managing my e3000 / updating the firmware manually and i have the ssid disabled due to people trying to connect to our router all the time and our router is password protected (wpa/aes) i need to know if manually managing the network is a good idea or not i've manage other linksys routers in the network page, i am finally able to connect and i get my full download speed 10MB/Second now before i was getting 5MB/second and upload speed is at a good 1MB/second before i was getting 0.3MB/second are these good speeds or what i dont know i've also ran a few test - both the hdtv & xbox on at the same time running the same item (netflix's ) both at the same speed

For better wireless connection, use WPA2 with AES security.
I think disabling the SSID broadcast will make any difference.
You can also try changing the advanced wireless settings on the router.
Connect the computer to the router with the Ethernet cable. Open the setup page of the router and go to Wireless tab. Click on Advanced wireless settings sub tab. Change the Beacon interval to 75, RTS and Fragmentation threshold to 2304. Save the settings.
Click on Setup tab and change the MTU size to 1365.Save the settings and power cycle the router.
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E3000 Cascade - disables Cisco Connect

I have a 2621XM router that I use for my gateway and firewall and wish to keep this as my main security device. I liked the parental control and USB storage features of the new E3000 and purchased this to replace my WRTG54.
My problem is that when attached to the same LAN segment (LAN to LAN cascade) I loose the ability to use Cisco Connect and thus loose the ability to manage guest access, parental controls and such.
I've read that disabling DHCP server on the E3000 disables Cisco Connect. Is this true? I have internal DHCP and DNS servers and do not wish to separate the scopes and manage them from two devices with yet another IP scope.
In my opinion...the lack of the ability to manage these advanced features from the WEB interface is a serious flaw. Loosing the walled garden type features just because you choose not to use the E3000 router or DHCP function is just not acceptable. I hope this is being addressed by Cisco/Linksys.

If you connect the E3000 with a LAN port to your main router then you operate it like a simple access point and ethernet switch. All internet related functions won't work then. Parental control, access restrictions or other things like DDNS, port forwarding etc. won't work because those functions operate only when traffic is routed through the router. If you don't use the internet port traffic is not routed through the E3000. This is always the case.
Regarding the guest access you can only hope that they'll add it to the web interface very soon. I suggest calling Linksys support and telling them. Maybe if a lot of users call them and ask for this they'll add it sooner.

Downloaded Cisco Connect for E1200 v2 disk image damaged. Now what? recent Mountain Lion upgrade

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& then I guess I still need to check for a firmware update. & I understand that a firmware update should be done w a good connection (although the user manual just says good signal, web says hard wired ethernet. & because of the intermittent issues I plan to to it manually by 1st downloading & then installing from the download so there won't be a risk of interruption during install--if its even needed.
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Kathi

Well I was trying to update Cisco Connect so it would work w Mountain Lion but after 3 tries at the download I kept getting this same error message that it is downloaded. I even shut down & restarted before the last time w same result.
I should not have to spend hours of my time to get this to work. That is ridiculous.
Right before starting this process I checked for Apple updates & found a firmware update for my MacBookPro. I quickly downloaded & installed it, no problem. It took a very few minutes & then I backed it up & started working on this many hours ago.
I am an end user--not an IT professional. I just want things to work. I should not be expected to have to spend hours trying to figure out how to get stuff to work & still it doesn't. So I guess Linksys doesn't care that much about making things easy for Mac users.
I recently had the cable co come out & check the levels & all. they all checked out ok & they did change the fittings in several places on the coax connecters for good measure.
My cable modem is set up just across my living room from me & it is not a large living room. The router is right next to it, but it is not at a desk or place that is very comfortable to set up my Mac.
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I just want my computer devices to work. I don't want to have to spend hours troubleshooting them w poorly written instructions that don't really tell how to update firmware & Cisco Connect for tnose of us who have already had it set up before upgrading to Mountain Lion.
Having a link to download Cisco Connect that supposedly works w Mountain Lion but doesn't since it keeps giving a warning is not very helpful. There was nothing I saw in all my searches to tell what the results of even being able to upgrade Cisco Connect. Would it be able to figure existing settings? Didn't see anything that explained how that would work.
I don't appreciate my time being stolen by making it so hard to just get this updated! I"m giving up on this. I may try taking it back to Best Buy to see if they can tell if the router itself was also defective but I think I will likely go get an airport Express so I have a reliable router that is easy to use!
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I suppose I've waited five to ten minutes.
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Are you pertaining to the Cisco Connect Guest Password? What is your router model? If you set up your router using Cisco Connect, you can find it there.
If you are pertaining to the password you use to access the routers web admin, default is to leave username blank and type admin as the password. If you initially set it up, the only way to recover it is to reset the router.
If you are pertaining to the Security password, one that you use to connect iphones, laptops etc wirelessly to your router, just login to the routers Web interface and you can find it there. Type 192.168.1.1 on your browsers address field.
The Search Function is your friend.... and Google too.
How to Secure your Network
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Setting-Up a Router with DSL Internet Service
Setting-Up a Router with Cable Internet Service
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I recently changed my wireless password, in the advanced settings, to not match my router password. Now that I try to use Cisco Connect, it says that I can not because I changed the a password in the advanced settings. Is there anything i can do to undo this change?

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Well if the concerned is just with cisco connect software..
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Hello Forum~
I installed my E1000 wireless router alongside Cisco Connect. All was fine... I decided I wanted to manage my own wireless settings (I have intermediate-level networking knowledge and have always managed all my linksys routers manually) so I uninstalled Cisco Connect.
I wanted to get rid of the "guest" account that was being broadcast, and read on the forums it could only be managed via Cisco Connect software.
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Did you try to reset the router?
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If you want to change the wireless settings of the router. Open the Cisco connect and go to Router settings. Here you can change the name and password for the wireless network.
If you change the wireless settings of the router manually then Cisco connect software will stop working.
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Optimal configuration for Cisco E3000 Router

Hi All,
Following are the details of my current home network setup, I would like to hear more recommendations and drawbacks of this setup.
ISP has provided with a Cisco DPC3825 DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway which has 4 Ethernet ports and a wireless networking but only 2.4 GHz.. This router is connected to the cable CPE box to internet. I have enabled the Firewall features of this router and disabled the Wireless network. This has also the DHCP server running.
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http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=529c188bc0ee4f7da79ffc22f2be33ec_4579.xml&pid=80&r...
The first configuration in the article is is LAN to LAN, scroll down the window for LAN to WAN configuration.

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How smart is "Cisco Connect?
I am about to install a new E3000 for my LAN
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There are 3 desktops wired and a laptop to be wireless.
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1. From what I read, it appears to want to do PPPoE for
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2. Does it do all the OS Windows network configuration, or
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3. Can I use it for the initial set-up, especially wireless
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4. I would like to avoid bridging modem, but have users of E3000
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central Florida

First, you have to set your modem/router to take care of PPPoE so you won't have a problem with E3000. Make sure you have your username and password for PPPoE.
1. You can set it to DHCP as long as PPPoE is being handled by the modem/router.
2. You have to set all computers to obtain IP automatically and remove the static IP.
3. Yes. CC is intended for the initial setup, even before connecting to the internet.
4. You need to cascade the routers since you have E3000 connected to a modem/router.
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