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6.
Select the
Turn Email Notification On
check box.
7.
Enter the settings as described in the following table.
Field
Description
Send alerts and logs through e-mail
Send to This E-mail Address
Enter the email address to which logs and alerts must be sent.
Your Outgoing Mail Server
Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as
mail.myISP.com).
You might be able to find this information in the configuration screen of your
email program. If you leave this field blank, log and alert messages are not
sent.
Secure connection (use SSL)
Select this check box to send messages over a secure connection.
My mail server requires
authentication
If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select this check box
and specify the following settings:
In the
User Name
field, enter the user name for the outgoing email
server.
In the
Password
field, enter the password for the outgoing email
server.
Send logs according to this schedule
To send logs based on a schedule, select one of the following options from the menu:
When log is full
. This is the default selection.
Hourly
. Logs are sent every hour.
Daily
. Logs are sent every day. From the
Time
menu, specify the time of day, and select the
am
or
pm
radio button.
Weekly
. Logs are sent every week. From the
Day
menu, select the day. From the
Time
menu, specify
the time of day, and select the
am
or
pm
radio button.
If you do not want logs to be sent at all, select the
None
option from the menu.
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8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Logs are sent automatically. If the log fills before the specified time, it is sent. After the log
is sent, it is cleared from the modem router memory. If the modem router cannot email the
log and the log buffer fills, the modem router overwrites the log.
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6.
Share a Storage Device
This chapter describes how to access and manage a storage device attached to your modem
router. ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB storage device connected to the modem
router. (If your storage device uses special drivers, it is not compatible.)
Note:
You can use the USB port on the modem router only to connect a
USB storage device such as a flash drive or hard drive or a printer. Do
not connect a computer, USB modem, CD drive, or DVD drive to the
modem router USB port.
The chapter includes the following sections:
USB Device Requirements
Connect a USB Device to the Modem Router
Access a Storage Device Connected to the Modem Router
Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
Control Access to a Storage Device
Use FTP Within Your Network
View Network Folders on a Device
Add a Network Folder on a Storage Device
Change a Network Folder, Including Read and Write Access, on a USB Drive
Safely Remove a USB Device
Note:
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit
www.netgear.com/readyshare
.
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USB Device Requirements
The modem router works with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives. For the
most up-to-date list of USB devices that the modem router supports, visit
.
Some USB external hard drives and flash drives require you to load the drivers onto the
computer before the computer can access the USB device. Such USB devices do not work
with the modem router.
The modem router supports the following file system types for full read/write access:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS
NTFS with compression format enabled
Ext2
Ext3
Ext4
The modem router supports the following file system types with read-only access:
HFS
HFS+
Connect a USB Device to the Modem Router
ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB device connected to the USB port on the
modem router. (If your USB device uses special drivers, it is not compatible.) The USB port is
on the back panel of the modem router.
USB port
Figure 10. USB port on the back panel
To connect a USB device:
1.
Connect your USB storage device to the USB port on the modem router.
2.
If your USB device requires a power supply, connect it.
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You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the modem router.
When you connect the USB device to the USB port of the modem router, it might take up
to two minutes before the USB device is ready for sharing. By default, the USB device is
available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
Access a Storage Device Connected to the Modem Router
From a computer or device on the network, you can access a storage device that is
connected to the modem router.
To access the device from a Mac:
1.
Connect a USB storage device to the USB port on the modem router.
If your storage device uses a power supply, you must use it when you connect the 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).
2.
On a Mac that is connected to the network, select
Go > Connect to Server
.
3.
In the
Server Address
field, enter
smb://readyshare
.
4.
When prompted, select the
Guest
radio button.
5.
Click the
Connect
button.
A window automatically opens and displays the files and folders on the device.
To access the device from a Windows computer:
1.
Connect a USB storage device to the USB port on the modem router.
If your storage device uses a power supply, you must use it when you connect the 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).
2.
Launch a web browser from a computer that is connected to the network.
3.
In the address field of the browser, enter
\\readyshare
.
Windows file manager automatically opens and displays the files and folders on the
device.

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