There are several companies in each industry that continually move forward. In the telecommunications industry, one of these leaders is CISCO, which has recently introduced innovative products for building home wireless networks like Linksys Smart WiFi
The home networking equipment market is packed with networking products with a wide variety of features and functionality. The new models combine two common features: WiFi support according to the IEEE 802.11N standard (up to 900 Mbps) and simplified network creation using Universal Plug and Play and Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) technologies.
CISCO’s Linksys Smart WiFi Platform offers users something completely new – centralized, cloud-based home network management. It immediately solves two previously incompatible tasks: remote control and providing access to network content via the Internet and ensuring a high level of security of the home network. This was achieved using modern cloud technology.
The Linksys Smart Wi-Fi platform consists of two parts:
Linksys Smart WiFi Tools –
A set of applications that provide basic functionality and Linksys Smart WiFi Apps.
third-party applications –
That you can install on your mobile device to receive any additional functions. With Linksys Smart WiFi Tools, a user can:
– Configure all routers compatible with this technology through a web browser or mobile application. Moreover, access is possible not only from within the network but also from the outside, via the Internet, from virtually anywhere on the planet;
– View a list of users connected to the home network;
– connect additional network devices to the network;
– Allow guest access to the Internet without access to home network resources.
– Set up parental controls with an indication of the period of access to the Internet and blocking specific sites. Moreover, parental control is configured for each specific network device, and not for the network as a whole. Thus, you can set different parameters for computers used by children and computers used by adults;
– Assign devices different priority levels when using the network. Depending on the priority, routers will provide devices with a different share of bandwidth. Thus, it is possible to give an advantage to a network video player due to network devices that are less demanding on the speed of network exchange;
– Access data contained on a USB drive connected to the router. Unlike traditional cloud storage, data is stored on the user’s own equipment, and the maximum amount is limited only by the volume of the drive. Thus, nothing prevents, for example, from storing a personal collection of HD films there and watching them over the Internet on a tablet or laptop.
Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Apps
Linksys Smart WiFi Apps is a third-party software park compatible with the Linksys Smart WiFi platform. These kinds of programs provide additional functionality for the cloud platform. They let you organize filtered content that is received via the Internet (block porn sites, online gambling, unwanted content, etc.), work with content coming from within the network (for example, view a video stream from the home web via the Internet cameras) and much more than the user may need.
Easy for the user
For the user, all this looks very simple: from the application store (for example, the App Store or Google Play), he downloads the desired programs for Linksys Smart Wi-Fi to his mobile devices, connects them to his account in the Linksys Smart WiFi system, and simply Enjoys all the features of Linksys Smart WiFi. Thus, a regular smartphone can turn into a center for remote network management, as well as provide easy and at the same time secure access to intranet content.