Got the Cisco E3000

First I would like to thanks some folks here for information helped me to
decide to go for it. I do realize that the top-notch E3000 could be more
than what I really need, but since it isn't too expensive and.

- I guess for long run it may cost me few bucks a years, so it should be
very reasonable

- And since it's a brand new product not many people own it, especially not
many people go for the E3000 so not many people will bad-mouth about my toy
<just kidding>.

- I chose the E3000 because it's current top-notch so it should be good for
quite some years. It also have other options like 1gbps that my motherboard
has, and I am thinking of upgrading my old SB5120 modem to the SB6120
DOSCSIS 3 modem which also have 1gbps LAN port.

I don't know what to do with the external storage and others yet, but I
think I can figure it out later. I do have wireless laser printer and
couple extra 1GB external hard drives so I can give it a try (may be may be
not).

I got this from local Target for $150 + Sale Tax (Best Buy wants $180 for
it). Yesterday, I checked online it said 2 local Wal-Mart stores had some
(we have around 4 Wal-Marts within 2-6 miles range here), I went to one and
was about to bring to cashier, but decided to read more about the SB6120
modem. I checked online and none of local Wal-Mart have any in stock.

Well, because I am slow so I haven't installed it yet. And because it
doesn't come with any MANUAL so I downloaded the DPF manual which I will try
to read later tonight.

And I don't think it will be any harder than the other routers I have
before. Except I read quite afew reports saying that it won't be easy to
connect to CISCO.NET (or whatever) for addional setup (or more advanced
features/options) but I can take my time to try it whenever I can (I am no
hurry)

Again, thanks for positive info and courage. And wish me luck!

Joe wrote:
> First I would like to thanks some folks here for information helped me to
> decide to go for it. I do realize that the top-notch E3000 could be more
> than what I really need, but since it isn't too expensive and.
>
> - I guess for long run it may cost me few bucks a years, so it should be
> very reasonable
>
> - And since it's a brand new product not many people own it, especially not
> many people go for the E3000 so not many people will bad-mouth about my toy
> <just kidding>.
>
> - I chose the E3000 because it's current top-notch so it should be good for
> quite some years. It also have other options like 1gbps that my motherboard
> has, and I am thinking of upgrading my old SB5120 modem to the SB6120
> DOSCSIS 3 modem which also have 1gbps LAN port.
>
> I don't know what to do with the external storage and others yet, but I
> think I can figure it out later. I do have wireless laser printer and
> couple extra 1GB external hard drives so I can give it a try (may be may be
> not).
>
> I got this from local Target for $150 + Sale Tax (Best Buy wants $180 for
> it). Yesterday, I checked online it said 2 local Wal-Mart stores had some
> (we have around 4 Wal-Marts within 2-6 miles range here), I went to one and
> was about to bring to cashier, but decided to read more about the SB6120
> modem. I checked online and none of local Wal-Mart have any in stock.
Hi,
Wonder how it compares to WRT610N, V2?
I am still using an old WRT500N with dd-wrt firmware.

>
> Well, because I am slow so I haven't installed it yet. And because it
> doesn't come with any MANUAL so I downloaded the DPF manual which I will try
> to read later tonight.
>
> And I don't think it will be any harder than the other routers I have
> before. Except I read quite afew reports saying that it won't be easy to
> connect to CISCO.NET (or whatever) for addional setup (or more advanced
> features/options) but I can take my time to try it whenever I can (I am no
> hurry)
>
> Again, thanks for positive info and courage. And wish me lu

Tony Hwang <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> > First I would like to thanks some folks here for information helped me to
> > decide to go for it. I do realize that the top-notch E3000 could be more
> > than what I really need, but since it isn't too expensive and.
> >
> > - I guess for long run it may cost me few bucks a years, so it should be
> > very reasonable
> >
> > - And since it's a brand new product not many people own it, especially not
> > many people go for the E3000 so not many people will bad-mouth about my toy
> > <just kidding>.
> >
> > - I chose the E3000 because it's current top-notch so it should be good for
> > quite some years. It also have other options like 1gbps that my motherboard
> > has, and I am thinking of upgrading my old SB5120 modem to the SB6120
> > DOSCSIS 3 modem which also have 1gbps LAN port.
> >
> > I don't know what to do with the external storage and others yet, but I
> > think I can figure it out later. I do have wireless laser printer and
> > couple extra 1GB external hard drives so I can give it a try (may be may be
> > not).
> >
> > I got this from local Target for $150 + Sale Tax (Best Buy wants $180 for
> > it). Yesterday, I checked online it said 2 local Wal-Mart stores had some
> > (we have around 4 Wal-Marts within 2-6 miles range here), I went to one and
> > was about to bring to cashier, but decided to read more about the SB6120
> > modem. I checked online and none of local Wal-Mart have any in stock.
> Hi,
> Wonder how it compares to WRT610N, V2?
> I am still using an old WRT500N with dd-wrt firmware.

As you may have realized that I am not an experted on wireless router, and
I was about to ask some experienced folks here about my new toy E3000 that
has way too many fancy options.

But I sure can answer your question base on the very general I read. The
Cisco E3000 is the TOP-OF-THE-LINE which has all the features of the little
brothers E1000 & E2000 (I assume that E1000 is the replacement of WRT160N
and E2000 is the GIGA model).

I downloaded the PDF manual trying to read to learn a little more about it
before start installing it, but it has lot more features/options than I have
expected, and I have low-back problem (for 23 years) to seat more than 10-15
mins to read the long manual. This is part of what I understand

- It has dual-band 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz. And I don't know what advantage about
this except wider range.

- It has all features of the other N + Ultra Range + Giga + Its own

- It has built-in 1gbps LAN ports/connections for greater speed

- It has option to create Private, Guess, and free Wi-Fi with separated PW.
This is lot more than my other routers so I will have to learn more about
this.

- It has option to connect an external storage (to USB port) for file
sharing, and I think it can act as a FTP server for remoted systems or
something. This I will have to read more.

And lot more but I don't know much about them to share here, so far I am
quite please with what I read. And I guess I may have to ask some experted
here for more information about the E3000 (or advanced features/options) and
I pass some info I think I understand for correction then learn from it? And
I didn't know much about these features/options til I downloaded and started
reading the DPF manual (the E3000 doesn't come with paper manual or
instruction, just the E3000 and a DVD).

> > Well, because I am slow so I haven't installed it yet. And because it
> > doesn't come with any MANUAL so I downloaded the DPF manual which I will try
> > to read later tonight.
> >
> > And I don't think it will be any harder than the other routers I have
> > before. Except I read quite afew reports saying that it won't be easy to
> > connect to CISCO.NET (or whatever) for addional setup (or more advanced
> > features/options) but I can take my time to try it whenever I can (I am no
> > hurry)
> >
> > Again, thanks for positive info and courage. And wish me lu

Joel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > > I got this from local Target for $150 + Sale Tax (Best Buy wants $180 for
> > > it). Yesterday, I checked online it said 2 local Wal-Mart stores had some
> > > (we have around 4 Wal-Marts within 2-6 miles range here), I went to one and
> > > was about to bring to cashier, but decided to read more about the SB6120
> > > modem. I checked online and none of local Wal-Mart have any in stock.
> > Hi,
> > Wonder how it compares to WRT610N, V2?
> > I am still using an old WRT500N with dd-wrt firmware.
>
> As you may have realized that I am not an experted on wireless router, and
> I was about to ask some experienced folks here about my new toy E3000 that
> has way too many fancy options.
>
> But I sure can answer your question base on the very general I read. The
> Cisco E3000 is the TOP-OF-THE-LINE which has all the features of the little
> brothers E1000 & E2000 (I assume that E1000 is the replacement of WRT160N
> and E2000 is the GIGA model).
>
> I downloaded the PDF manual trying to read to learn a little more about it
> before start installing it, but it has lot more features/options than I have
> expected, and I have low-back problem (for 23 years) to seat more than 10-15
> mins to read the long manual. This is part of what I understand
>
> - It has dual-band 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz. And I don't know what advantage about
> this except wider range.
>
> - It has all features of the other N + Ultra Range + Giga + Its own
>
> - It has built-in 1gbps LAN ports/connections for greater speed
>
> - It has option to create Private, Guess, and free Wi-Fi with separated PW.
> This is lot more than my other routers so I will have to learn more about
> this.
>
> - It has option to connect an external storage (to USB port) for file
> sharing, and I think it can act as a FTP server for remoted systems or
> something. This I will have to read more.
>
> And lot more but I don't know much about them to share here, so far I am
> quite please with what I read. And I guess I may have to ask some experted
> here for more information about the E3000 (or advanced features/options) and
> I pass some info I think I understand for correction then learn from it? And
> I didn't know much about these features/options til I downloaded and started
> reading the DPF manual (the E3000 doesn't come with paper manual or
> instruction, just the E3000 and a DVD).

And for anyone who wants to download the DPF manual. I found this link
and still reading it.

http://home.cisco.com/assets/presski...s/e3000_ug.pdf

Also, I just watched the short video instruction how to setup the Linksys
router, and I believe they forget to tell newbie to connect the MODEM to
their router.

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Joel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Also, I just watched the short video instruction how to setup the Linksys
> > router, and I believe they forget to tell newbie to connect the MODEM to
> > their router.
>
>
> its not required to have internet access/modem connections to set it up,
> only prefferred AFTER it is set up to use it with the internet, but you can
> do networking without internet access..
>
> ie, networking and routers is a different thing than the internet....

I see, I was thinking ther setup will try to make connection to internet.

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >
> > I don't know what to do with the external storage and others yet, but I
> > think I can figure it out later. I do have wireless laser printer and
> > couple extra 1GB external hard drives so I can give it a try (may be may
> > be
> > not).
> >
>
> just out of curiosity, got more than one puter on your network (or an old
> one?) i have an older laptop... wireless with a few broken keys, but use it
> an always on catchall/smart network device Got a few TB usb drives, usb
> printer etc on it, and use it from my other puters (even my ipod!) rather
> than try to install on each device it self, i use it over the network as
> sort of a poor mans network storage + network print server, or for big data
> transfers, just plug the big drive into the usb port on other machines....

At home I have 2 desktops wired to router, 1 laptop and 1 Wii which also
have built-in wireless for news, wearther, playing online against people
around the globe etc.. (I don't play game to know much about it, just for my
grandkids).

And when bigger grandkids off college each has his/her own laptop and
that's when I have [problem with my current rounter that won't allow more
than 1 wireless connection.

Since I use computer for video and photo, so the computer itself has
4.5TB, and 4 external USB drives (2 500GB and 2 1TB).

Even I have been using LAN for many years, but I mostly wired my desktops
to router or having some extra connector available for laptop. But couple
years ago, the grandkids get older, laptop gets cheaper so they started
using wireless.

Man, it's so crazy here as some of my grandkids barely able to walk
straight, some still wearing diaper, holding bottle etc. and their parents
have their old laptops setup for them to play online game hehehe

> was what you typed above 1 GB external drives a typo, or do you really have
> old 1 gig external drives? (heck, my USB flash drives are 32 and 64 Gig) if
> that small, consider getting a boat and using them for anchors

Typo, I meant 1TB. Wait for a second, if counting all the external hard
drives then I have 7 of them, and even the Wii has 500GB hard drive (2
portable hard drives are/were part of photography gear now I use larger
memory cards). Talking about memory card, I may have around 50-60 of them.
I mainly use SF but some cellphones and GPSes use SDHC, the newer Nuvi 1490T
uses Micro SDHC (I don't remember I have 8GB or 16GB for this one).

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Joel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> (I assume that E1000 is the replacement of WRT160N
> > and E2000 is the GIGA model).
> >
>
> nope, you assume wrong, new product, not a "replacement"

You may be right depending on how we look at it, and since the Cisco
hasn't discontinued the WRT160N then replacement may not be the corrected
term. But if it's an improvement of the older model then it could be
consider replacement (not?).

OK, I just installed the E3000 and it took a little longer than all my
previous routers, and it had me worried a little. That's why I never rush
but taking my time to prepare for it.

- On my older routers, I believe the routers found the IP right away. The
E3000, I tried and tried and tried but no go until I reboot the system. I
tried

a. pressing the REBOOT button from the setup menu several times

b. I unplugged the router and modem still no go.

- SERVER NAME, I still can't find any option to name or change the default
name to a specific name. And I don't think it would cause any problem as
it's LOCAL.

- The "Wireless" and "WI-Fi" part I can change the NAME and PW which I did,
but haven't tested yet to know more. I will try to connect the Wii and
Laptop later tonite see if I can be able to connect to more than one
wireless.

- SECURITY, I don't know much about the difference so I use the default
WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode for the wireless.

Any suggestion on this?

- I tried the "speedtest.net" and get similar average speed of the older "G"
router. Also, I never cared for the speed test but just started yesterday
to see if it will show any difference. I do understand that the speed may
vary depending on the time, or it may get faster speed at night when most
kids are in bed. Yesterday I got close ro 30Mbs

Now, I get 20.65M/bs and 2.19M/bs

And I may give it another test later 2nite, and when I replace the old
SB5120 with the newer SB6120 DOCSIS 3 (probably sometime next month).

P.S. Since some of you guys have helped me on this one so I try to report
the progess hoping it will help others from my error.

Also, I just decided to test the connections and I was able to connect
*both* Wii and Laptop, and this is the first time for many years. Am I too
a wireless experted now, not? hehehe

Hehehehe I really don't know if I have accidently installed the E3000
using the Advanced Setup or the BASIC setup. Or I don't know the difference
and what the Advanced has that BASIC doesn't.

All I know that I ran the SETUP from DVD, then it sent me to web setting
(using 192.168.1.0) and I just browsed most of the basic setting I saw on
other routers. And since I don't know much about all the fancy setting, I
really don't change anything besides the NAMES of Wireless and Wi-Fi
servers.

All I really want is to get the router running, be able to connect more
than one wireless system to it and that's all I want to get thing started.
And I also read the warning (don't remember which part of the setting)
telling me that using either Web or Cisco setting (I don't remember which
cuz I am now confused if I was using web or Cisco???) then I may not be able
to connect to Cisco (or something like that).

OK, I get bored so started asking for trouble. I was trying to see if I
can connect to Cisco network, but I got the report saying that the router
already setup so it doesn't give any option to connect to anywhere.

Then I clicked on the "View Detail" and get this report

====================
Error code: 82BD0100
Error description: The administrator password is incorrect.
Model name: unknown
Model number: E3000
Serial number: unknown
Firmware version: unknown
Operating system: Windows 7
Software version: 1.0.10028.0
Connection type (WAN): unknown
IP address (LAN): unknown
IP address (WAN): unknown
Computer IP address: 192.168.1.116
=======================

See the ERROR and UNKNOWN. And I didn't know this option to check before
setup. I am not worry about the ERROR and UNKNOWN but just paste the report
here for extra info, and other may have the similar question.

BTW, I did change the Admin Password which is usually the first thing I
change to all routers I have had. I still have some question about the
Wi-Fi stuff, but don't know what to ask yet. And the FTP sever, and the
built-in firewall which has more option than the other routers I have.

If you don't mind me asking another dumb question. As a slower learner I
often or always try to gather as much information as I possible can, and
taking my time installing new toy. As you may have reas that it took me
many years to upgrade the router just to be able to solve the
multi-connections issue I had for so many years.

Now, I got the Cisco E3000, installed it after lot of reading and sweating
(about the experts having some problem with some thing). I have read the

- Basic setting

- Advanced Setting

- Web setting

- Cisco Connecting etc..

And after I got the router working, I still don't know if I used the
Basic, Advanced, Web, or Cisco setting. All I know that I inserted the
CD/DVD and following the step-by-step instruction how to hook up the cable,
then NEXT and waited for the router doiung some checking or setting
whatever. That's it.

Then I clicked on something and it sent the "192.168.1.0" (or 192.168.0.1
whatever) to browser and it was in Web Setting, or Advanced Setting, or
Cisco setting.. I still dunno know.

I read and quite afew people mention about some setting in web setting may
disable the Cisco Connecting, and I believe I saw the warning from the
setting (I don't think I selected that option?). Now I try to check the
Cisco Connection and dunno where to find it.... I tried to run the SETUP
from CD/DVD and it said the router already setup.

And I read *if* something discable the Cisco Connection then I may have to
RESET the router etc.. and I have no idea where I am at.

Also, how do I check to see which BAND I am using (2.4M/hz or 5M/hz), and
any advantage or disadvantage between those 2 modes? I feel like I wasn't
born for advanced tech.

Joel wrote:
> If you don't mind me asking another dumb question. As a slower learner I
> often or always try to gather as much information as I possible can, and
> taking my time installing new toy. As you may have reas that it took me
> many years to upgrade the router just to be able to solve the
> multi-connections issue I had for so many years.
>
> Now, I got the Cisco E3000, installed it after lot of reading and sweating
> (about the experts having some problem with some thing). I have read the
>
> - Basic setting
>
> - Advanced Setting
>
> - Web setting
>
> - Cisco Connecting etc..
>
> And after I got the router working, I still don't know if I used the
> Basic, Advanced, Web, or Cisco setting. All I know that I inserted the
> CD/DVD and following the step-by-step instruction how to hook up the cable,
> then NEXT and waited for the router doiung some checking or setting
> whatever. That's it.
>
> Then I clicked on something and it sent the "192.168.1.0" (or 192.168.0.1
> whatever) to browser and it was in Web Setting, or Advanced Setting, or
> Cisco setting.. I still dunno know.
>
> I read and quite afew people mention about some setting in web setting may
> disable the Cisco Connecting, and I believe I saw the warning from the
> setting (I don't think I selected that option?). Now I try to check the
> Cisco Connection and dunno where to find it.... I tried to run the SETUP
> from CD/DVD and it said the router already setup.
>
> And I read *if* something discable the Cisco Connection then I may have to
> RESET the router etc.. and I have no idea where I am at.
>
> Also, how do I check to see which BAND I am using (2.4M/hz or 5M/hz), and
> any advantage or disadvantage between those 2 modes? I feel like I wasn't
> born for advanced tech.
Hi,
Let's compae it to car drivers. There are automotive vehicle operator
and driver. Do you know the difference? I am using older WRT610N using
both bands. I read one comparison testing between E3000 and WRT600N.
The difference was barely 10%. I have a E3000 on the way for my own
evaluation.