 Welcome to my unboxing of Linksys by Cisco's premium app enabled router. This is the EA4500. It is a direct replacement for their 4200 router. I put the emphasis on the wrong syllable, the emphasis that is. And this is the biggest differentiating feature other than being more faster and more better and just kind of more of everything is that it is app enabled. So app enabled means that there is an app for iOS and Android devices to manage your home network from wherever you happen to be, whether you are on the same network or whether you are on 3G. You can from a remote location just kind of go, okay, well I want Sally to not be on the internet right now because I just got a call from her teacher or I am in a parent teacher conference with her teacher so I am turning off her My Little Pony website. She is not allowed to go there anymore. In fact, I am going to send like a packet of death to her computer from here. But what you can do is you can configure things like parental controls, you can turn the internet access on and off, you can configure your guest wireless network from wherever you happen to be very conveniently. Alright, what else we got that makes this the premium, like the biggest, baddest one? Faster HD streaming to tablets, TVs and mobile devices. Honestly, this is sort of anecdotal so just sort of take it with a grain of salt. But what I heard is that there is a major big box retailer that had huge returns on tablets except for one branch and the difference was that that one branch was selling everyone a new wireless end router with their new tablet because wireless G routers were not giving the same satisfying experience with end enabled tablets as an end router was. So everyone thought their tablet was really slow for browsing the internet. So there you go. They rolled that out to all the stores and their return rates went dramatically down. So up to 450 plus 450 megabit per second speed. So that is concurrent 450 plus 450. Yes, absorb that guys up to 900 megabit per second potentially. Remember, that's all theoretical. 2.4 plus 5 gigahertz dual band, maximum range. Yeah, I should hope so for a premium router. Speed boost technology, gigabit ports, USB port for storage or whatnot. DLNA certified, which is great if you have any DLNA enabled media players. They can play media using DLNA, which is good. HD plus 3D ready, parental controls and easy setup. If you've seen our video on NCIX tech tips about Linksys is easy setup, then you'll believe what they say because it's really, really easy. Built in with leading 802.11n, broad compatibility. Yes, it better be A, B, G, and N wifi devices. Simultaneous dual band, talked about that already. Double the bandwidth, maximum speed, which is sort of the same thing as that. Maximum range, full 3x3 MIMO antenna array for optimal coverage, although it is still an internal antenna. It's not my favorite, but it should still be better than inferior external antenna setups. Increases signal strength across greater distances for added in-home mobility. Cool. Okay. Defense security, gigabit ethernet ports, USB port, DLNA certified media server. That means that anything that's being stored on a USB attached device will be DLNA ready to go. The quality of service is supported and IPv6 is supported as well. Setup and manage with ease. Quick three step setup, customizable parental controls, instant guest access, optional advanced settings, and downloadable app for convenient network access. So you have the option of using the browser based setup in order to configure it to your heart's content, but Linksys also gives you the option of just using the bulletproof wizard on the CD setup configuration a little bit later here. And it does work and it does get you going with the basics. It does at least make it so that your new wireless network is secured if nothing else and you can set up a guest access and all that kind of stuff through the easy network setup wizard. So this is one of the few instances I do recommend using the CD or even if you're not going to use it, if you buy the router for someone else because, hey, that's another great feature of that remote app enabled nonsense. I'm not going to call it nonsense because it's fantastic because I can just buy a Linksys by Cisco router for my mom and then if she has a problem with it, I can reboot it from here or I can fix it in some way without actually driving there. Thumbs up. A plus to Linksys for enabling me to do that. Power adapter, ethernet cable. Yeah, that's about it. So obviously you download the app so it doesn't actually need to include an app in the box. You half expect the kinds of people who are like, they want the simplest possible router so someone goes, oh, just buy a Linksys. You'll be like, oh, it comes with an app for iOS and Android. Oh, like, where is it? No, I'm just kidding. But most people probably wouldn't do that. I also wouldn't really put it past some people as well. So I think other than the physical unit, this looks pretty much exactly like the 4200. In fact, it might look exactly like the 4200. Let's go on a journey of discovery. Find out if it looks exactly like a 4200. Okay, he stepped on cat food. That's better not to do that. So this is a 4200 and that is my top panel falling down. And this is a 4500. So far they're looking pretty similar. Okay, let's go ahead and oh, right, it doesn't come with wall mounting so I have it velcroed to the wall. So I'll just have to tell you guys and you'll have to take my word for it. Yeah, it looks the same. Okay, back out. There we go. So you find passive ventilation holes on the bottom vents all around the edges. You've also got little rubber standoffy thingies here that hold it enough off the floor that it should be able to get some airflow going on through there. Remember heat does rise in ideal scenarios. Four gigabit ethernet ports, one internet port, WPS button for easy wireless setup, USB storage port, reset button, and finally your power in jack. Thank you for watching my unboxing of the EA 4500 from Linksys. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.