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hey guys wo here and today I'm gonna change some of youse home Network for good and of course for better much better seriously for the first time the router is no longer what you think about only when your network is down but something you want to check on daily and you can do that from anywhere on your iPhone your new iPad or your new MacBook Pro or in my case from on all three of them at the same time just because I can now the routers or routers in question are those belonging to links is EA series from Cisco such as this links is EA for 500 right here now I pick this one because this is the top tier and nine headed router that offer two dual man with each band providing up to 450 megabit per second on the bike it has four Gigabit LAN ports and one gigabit WAN port they also a USB 2.0 port to host printers or storage in my testing this router here offer very good performance and also very good range what is new is the Cisco Connect cloud that welllike just a few days ago as a firmware that enabled the EA for 500 as well as other support routers to offer a lot more features and they can also be managed via the internet using a web interface or mobile apps for iOS and Android devices now to do this you first have to register an account with Cisco Connect cloud which is very easy and fast to do it's also free after that you can use that account to manage multiple routers or multiple home network status for example here I have a two of them one of them is CNET labs which is this one right here and the other is a gateway for my secret lair even I don't know where it is as you can see I can easily see between a two network without having to log out and take a look this iPad right here is actually connected to the Internet using Verizon 4G LTE that means I can do this no matter where I am with there having to be at home at the local network now the Cisco Connect Klauss interface has two parts the rural settings and the embedded apps the router setting part include all the basic setting commonly found in routers such as local at work setting firewall wireless network port forwarding and so are embedded apps a special feature of the Linksys router now the big is also the most common feature foul among EAC rear errors is something called media parties ation this allow for up to three devices and/or web services to be put on the high priority list you can easily move a device or service on or off this list those on the list will have the Internet bandwidth before the rest of the connected devices and the same goes for parental control feature see how you can enable this and pick what type of restriction easily again you can do that even when you are not at home the Cisco Connect cloud enables third parties to develop app for your home network for example here I have the block the bestop apps from fresh consulting using this f1 login with the Cisco Connect account I can quickly turn on the web filtering of the home network there are three filtering levels level 1 most can go through never - not so much and at level 3 the Internet is basically useless from my friend Eric Franklin now Cisco Connect cloud is not perfect however whelps in nothing is perfect but for more on that and also the performance of the links is EA for 500 check out the full reviews etsy.com once again my name is Domo and this has been the first look at the Cisco Connect cloud and the links is EA for 500 router