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Storage Basic Settings
You can view or edit basic settings for an internal hard disk drive (HDD) in the router and a
USB storage device attached to your router.
To go to Storage Basic Settings:
Select
Basic > ReadySHARE
.
By default, the HDD and USB storage device are available to all computers on your local
area network (LAN).
The ReadySHARE print feature allows you to share a printer that you connect to the USB
port on your router. To use the ReadySHARE print feature on a Windows computer, you need
to use the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. For information about this feature, see
Chapter 6, ReadySHARE Printer
.
To access your HDD or USB device:
1.
Click the network device name or the share name in your computer’s network folders
list.
2.
For SMB://readyshare, click
Connect
.
Note:
If you logged in to the router before you connected your USB device,
you might not see your USB device in the router screens. If this
happens, log out and then log back in.
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Storage
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Add or Edit a Network Folder
1.
You can access this feature by selecting
Basic > ReadySHARE
, and clicking
Edit
, or
selecting
Advanced > USB Storage > Advanced Settings
.
2.
Specify the changes that you want to make:
•
To add a folder, click
Create Network Folder
.
•
To edit a folder, select its radio button and then click
Edit
.
3.
You can use this screen to select a folder, change the share name, or change the read
access or write access from All – no password to admin.
The user name (account name) for All – no password is guest. The password for admin is
the same one that is used to log in to the router. By default, it is password.
4.
Click
Apply
for your changes to take effect.
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Storage
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Storage Advanced Settings
You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders for your USB device.
To go to storage advances settings:
On the USB Settings screen, click the
Edit
button to display the following screen:
You can use this screen to specify access to the USB storage device.
•
Network Device Name
. The default is readyshare. This is the name used to access the
USB device connected to the router.
•
Workgroup
. If you are using a Windows workgroup rather than a domain, the workgroup
name is displayed here. The name works only in an operating system that supports
NetBIOS, such as Microsoft Windows.
•
Access Method
. The access methods are described here.
Network Connection
. Enabled by default, this connection allows all users on the LAN to
have access to the USB drive.
HTTP
. Enabled by default. You can type
to
access the USB drive.
HTTP (via Internet)
. Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can
type
http://<
public IP address
/shares>
(for example,
) or a
URL domain name to access the USB drive over the Internet. This setting supports file
uploading only.
FTP
. Disabled by default.
FTP (via Internet)
. Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can
access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This setting supports both
downloading and uploading of files.
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Available Network Folders
You might need to scroll down to view this section of the screen:
•
Share Name
. If only one device is connected, the default share name is USB_Storage.
You can click the name shown, or you can type it in the address field of your web browser.
If Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted and no other share for the
root folder exists. Click the link to change this setting.
•
Read Access
and
Write Access
. Shows the permissions and access controls on the
network folder: All - no password (the default) allows all users to access the network
folder. The password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.
•
Folder Name
. Full path of the network folder.
•
Volume Name
. Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
•
Total Space
and
Free Space
. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.
•
S.M.A.R.T
. This information is for advanced users. Click the
click here
link to display
S.M.A.R.T information of the internal HDD.
•
Format Internal Disk
. You click this button to format the internal hard disk drive. This
erases all data on the drive. When you click Format Internal Disk, you are asked to
confirm before any data is erased. For more information about formatting the internal
hard disk drive, see See
Format the HDD
on page
73.
Safely Remove a USB or Internal Hard Drive
To remove a USB device or internal hard disk drive (HDD) safely, select
Storage > Basic
Settings
, and click the
Safely Remove USB or Internal Hard Drive
button. This takes the
drive offline.
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Media Server
By default, the router is set up to act as a ReadyDLNA media server. This setting lets you
view movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP AV–compliant media players, such as Xbox360,
Playstation, and NETGEAR’s Digital Entertainer Live.
To view these settings, select
Advanced > USB Storage > Media Server
to display the
following screen:
By default the Enable Media Server check box and the Automatic (when new files are added)
radio button are selected. When these options are selected, the router scans for media files
whenever new files are added to the ReadySHARE USB hard drive.
Specify Approved USB Devices
For more security, you can set up the router to share approved USB devices only. You can
access this feature from the Advanced Setup menu on the Advanced tab.
To set up approved USB devices:
1.
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > USB Settings
. The following screen displays.

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