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10
10.
Access Storage Devices Through
the Internet
With Dynamic DNS, you can use the Internet and a personal domain name to access a USB
storage device that is attached to a USB port on the modem router when you are not home. If
you know the IP address of the modem router (and the IP address did not change), you can also
access the USB storage device by using the IP address.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
•
Access Storage Devices Through the Internet
Note:
For information about how to connect the device and specify its settings,
see
Chapter 8, Share a Storage Device
.
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Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
Internet service providers (ISPs) assign numbers called IP addresses to identify each
Internet account. Most ISPs use dynamically assigned IP addresses. This means that the IP
address can change at any time. You can use the IP address to access your network
remotely, but most people do not know what their IP addresses are or when these numbers
change.
To make it easier to connect, you can get a free account with a Dynamic DNS service that
lets you use a domain name to access your home network. To use this account, you must set
up the modem router to use Dynamic DNS. Then the modem router notifies the Dynamic
DNS service provider whenever its IP address changes. When you access your Dynamic
DNS account, the service finds the current IP address of your home network and
automatically connects you.
If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), the Dynamic
DNS service does not work because private addresses are not routed on the Internet.
Your Personal FTP Server
With your customized free URL, you can use FTP to access your network when you are not
home through Dynamic DNS. To set up your FTP server, you must register for a NETGEAR
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service account and specify the account settings (see
Set Up a New
Dynamic DNS Account
on page
148).
To set up your personal account and use FTP:
1.
Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain name.
For more information, see
Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
on page
148.
2.
Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
Your modem router must use a direct Internet connection. It cannot connect to a different
router to access the Internet.
3.
Connect a USB storage device to the USB port on the modem router.
4.
If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the modem router.
When you connect the storage device to the modem router’s port, it might take up to two
minutes before the storage device is ready for sharing. By default, the device is available
to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
5.
Set up FTP access on the modem router.
For more information, see
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
on page
151.
6.
On a remote computer with Internet access, you can use FTP to access your modem router
using ftp://
yourname
.mynetgear.com, in which
yourname
is your specific domain name.
For more information, see
Access Storage Devices Through the Internet with FTP
on
page
153.
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Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
NETGEAR offers you the opportunity to set up and register for a free Dynamic DNS account.
To set up Dynamic DNS and register for a free NETGEAR account:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
.
A login window opens.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home page displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
.
6.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
7.
From the
Service Provider
menu, select
NETGEAR
.
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8.
Select the
No
radio button.
9.
In the
Host Name
field, enter the name that you want to use for your URL.
The host name is sometimes called the domain name. Your free URL includes the host
name that you specify and ends with mynetgear.com. For example, specify
MyName.
mynetgear.com.
10.
In the
Email
field, enter the email address that you want to use for your account.
11.
In the
Password (6-32 characters)
field, enter the password that you want to use for your
account.
12.
Click the
Register
button.
13.
Follow the onscreen instructions to register for your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS service.
Specify a DNS Account That You Already Created
If you already created a Dynamic DNS account with NETGEAR, No-IP, Dyn (also referred to
as DynDNS), or DtDNS, you can set up the modem router to use your account.
To set up Dynamic DNS if you already created an account:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
.
A login window opens.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home page displays.
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5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Settings > Dynamic DNS
.
6.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
7.
From the
Service Provider
menu, select your provider.
8.
Select the
Yes
radio button.
The page adjusts.
9.
In the
Host Name
field, enter the host name (sometimes called the domain name) for your
account.
10.
Depending on the type of account, specify your user name or email address:
•
For a No-IP, Dyn, or DtDNS account, in the
User Name
field, enter the user name for
your account.
•
For a NETGEAR account, in the
Email
field, enter the email address for your account.
11.
In the
Password
field, enter the password for your DDNS account.
12.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
13.
To verify that your Dynamic DNS service is enabled in the modem router, click the
Show
Status
button.
A message displays the Dynamic DNS status.

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