- Wireless-N Internet access
- Easy Setup Key included for simple setup
- Cisco Connect software to manage your home wireless
Cisco Valet
Best for: Easily making your home wireless and connecting your devices to the Internet Features:
Getting to know the Valet Plus
What is the Valet Plus?
The Valet Plus routers from Cisco lets you to create a wireless network where you and others in your home can access the Internet wirelessly with a wireless equipped device such as a laptop or desktop computer, gaming device, or phone.
The Valet Plus wireless hotspot also has Fast Ethernet ports that allow you to connect up to four wired devices. The Valet Plus features Gigabit Ethernet ports for even faster wired speeds. You can also use your Valet wireless hotspot to share resources, such as computers. A variety of security features help to protect your data and your privacy while online.
The Valet Plus includes the Cisco Connect software that helps to manage your Valet Plus settings, local and guest access, and parental control settings.
Top Panel of Valet Plus:
1, 2, 3, 4 (Green/Blue):
The LED lights up green when the port is connected to a gigabit port or blue when the port is connected to a 10/100 port.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button:
If you have client devices, such as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, then you can use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button to automatically configure wireless security for your wireless network(s).
Wireless (Blue):
The Wireless LED lights up when the wireless feature is enabled. It flashes when the Valet sends or receives data over the wireless network.
Internet (Green/Blue):
The LED lights up green when the port is connected to a gigabit port or blue when the port is connected to a 10/100 port.
Power (Blue):
The Power LED lights up when the Valet Plus is powered on. When the Valet Plus goes through its self-diagnostic mode during every boot-up, the LED flashes. When the diagnostic is complete, the LED is continuously lit.
Back Panel of Valet Plus:
Internet:
The Internet port is where you connect the network (Ethernet) cable from your Internet connection. In most cases you will be connecting one end of the network cable to the Ethernet port on your cable or DSL modem and the other end to the Internet port on your Valet wireless hotspot.
4, 3, 2, 1:
Using network cables, these Ethernet ports (4, 3, 2, 1) connect the Valet to computers or other devices on your wired network that have Ethernet ports such as gaming consoles, HDTVs, Blu-ray disc players, or printers.
Reset:
There are two ways to reset the Valet Plus to its factory defaults. Either press or hold the Reset Button for approximately five seconds, or restore the defaults from the Administration > Factory Defaults screen in the Valet's browser-based utility
Power:
The Power port is where you connect the power adapter.
The Valet Plus routers from Cisco lets you to create a wireless network where you and others in your home can access the Internet wirelessly with a wireless equipped device such as a laptop or desktop computer, gaming device, or phone.
The Valet Plus wireless hotspot also has Fast Ethernet ports that allow you to connect up to four wired devices. The Valet Plus features Gigabit Ethernet ports for even faster wired speeds. You can also use your Valet wireless hotspot to share resources, such as computers. A variety of security features help to protect your data and your privacy while online.
The Valet Plus includes the Cisco Connect software that helps to manage your Valet Plus settings, local and guest access, and parental control settings.
Top Panel of Valet Plus:
1, 2, 3, 4 (Green/Blue):The LED lights up green when the port is connected to a gigabit port or blue when the port is connected to a 10/100 port.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button:If you have client devices, such as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, then you can use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button to automatically configure wireless security for your wireless network(s).
Wireless (Blue):The Wireless LED lights up when the wireless feature is enabled. It flashes when the Valet sends or receives data over the wireless network.
Internet (Green/Blue):The LED lights up green when the port is connected to a gigabit port or blue when the port is connected to a 10/100 port.
Power (Blue):The Power LED lights up when the Valet Plus is powered on. When the Valet Plus goes through its self-diagnostic mode during every boot-up, the LED flashes. When the diagnostic is complete, the LED is continuously lit.
Back Panel of Valet Plus:
Internet:The Internet port is where you connect the network (Ethernet) cable from your Internet connection. In most cases you will be connecting one end of the network cable to the Ethernet port on your cable or DSL modem and the other end to the Internet port on your Valet wireless hotspot.
4, 3, 2, 1:Using network cables, these Ethernet ports (4, 3, 2, 1) connect the Valet to computers or other devices on your wired network that have Ethernet ports such as gaming consoles, HDTVs, Blu-ray disc players, or printers.
Reset:There are two ways to reset the Valet Plus to its factory defaults. Either press or hold the Reset Button for approximately five seconds, or restore the defaults from the Administration > Factory Defaults screen in the Valet's browser-based utility
Power:The Power port is where you connect the power adapter.
Getting to know the Valet
Here is some useful information about the Cisco Valet.
What is the Valet?The Valet lets you and others in your home access the Internet wirelessly with a wireless equipped device such as a laptop or desktop computer, gaming device, or phone.
The Valet wireless hotspot also has Fast Ethernet ports that allow you to connect up to four wired devices. The Valet includes the Cisco Connect software that helps to manage your Valet settings, local and guest access, and parental control settings.
Top Panel of Valet:
1, 2, 3, 4 (Blue):These numbered LEDs, corresponding with the numbered ports on the back of the Valet, serve two purposes. The LED is continuously lit when the Valet is connected to a device through that port. It flashes to indicate network activity over that port.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup Button:If you have client devices, such as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, then you can use the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button to automatically configure wireless security for your wireless network(s).
Wireless (Blue):The Wireless LED lights up when the wireless feature is enabled. It flashes when the Valet sends or receives data over the wireless network.
Internet (Blue):The Internet LED lights up when there is a connection made through the Internet port. It flashes to indicate network activity over the Internet port.
Power (Blue):The Power LED lights up when the Valet is powered on. When the Valet goes through its self-diagnostic mode during every boot-up, the LED flashes. When the diagnostic is complete, the LED is continuously lit.
Back Panel of Valet:
Internet:The Internet port is where you connect the network (Ethernet) cable from your Internet connection. In most cases you will be connecting one end of the network cable to the Ethernet port on your cable or DSL modem and the other end to the Internet port on your Valet wireless hotspot.
4, 3, 2, 1:Using network cables, these Ethernet ports (4, 3, 2, 1) connect the Valet to computers or other devices on your wired network that have Ethernet ports such as gaming consoles, HDTVs, Blu-ray disc players, or printers.
Reset:There are two ways to reset the Valet to its factory defaults. Either press or hold the Reset Button for approximately five seconds, or restore the defaults from the Administration > Factory Defaults screen in the Valet's browser-based utility
Power:The Power port is where you connect the power adapter.