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.