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4.
Select
ADVANCED > Security >
E-mail
.
5.
Select the
Turn E-mail Notification On
check box.
6.
In the
Your Outgoing Mail Server
field, enter the name of your ISP 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.
7.
In the
Send to This E-mail Address
field, type the email address to which logs and alerts
are sent.
This email address is also used for the
From
address. If this field is blank, log and alert
messages are not sent.
8.
If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select the
My Mail Server requires
authentication
check box and do the following.
a.
In the
User Name
field, type the user name for the outgoing email server.
b.
In the
Password
field, type the password for the outgoing email server.
9.
To have email alerts sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site, select
the
Send Alerts Immediately
check box.
10.
To send logs based on a schedule, specify these settings:
From
Send logs according to this schedule
list, select the schedule type.
From the
Day
list, select the day.
From the
Time
list, select the time, and select the
am
or
pm
radio button.
11.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Logs are sent automatically according to the schedule you set. If the log fills before the
specified time, it is sent. After the log is sent, it is cleared from the router memory. If the
router cannot email the log and the log buffer fills, the router overwrites the log.
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6.
Share USB Drives Attached to the
Router
This chapter describes how to access and configure USB storage devices attached to your
router. The USB port on the router can be used only to connect USB storage devices like flash
drives or hard drives or a printer. Do not connect computers, USB modems, CD drives, or DVD
drives to the router USB port.
This chapter contains the following sections:
USB Drive Requirements
Access a USB Device on the Network
Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
Control Access to the USB Drive
Use FTP Within the Network
View Network Folders on a USB Drive
Add a Network Folder on a USB Drive
Edit a Network Folder on a USB Drive
Approve USB Devices
Safely Remove a USB Drive
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit
www.netgear.com/readyshare
.
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USB Drive Requirements
The router works with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives. For the most
up-to-date list of USB drives that the 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 router.
The router supports the following file system types for full read/write access:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS
NTFS with compression format enabled
EXT2
EXT3
EXT4
XFS
HFS
HFS+
Access a USB Device on the Network
ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB device connected to the router USB port. (If
your USB drive uses special drivers, it is not compatible.)
USB 3.0 port
Figure 9. The blue USB 3.0 port on the front of the router provides the fastest access
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To connect a USB device:
1.
Insert your USB storage device into the blue USB 3.0 port on the front of the router.
2.
If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use it when you connect the USB device to the router.
When you connect the USB device to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes
before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB device is available to all computers on
your local area network (LAN).
To access the USB device from a Mac:
1.
Select
Go > Connect to Server
.
2.
Enter
smb://readyshare
as the server address.
3.
Click the
Connect
button.
4.
When prompted, select the
Guest
radio button.
If you set up access control and you allowed your Mac to access the network, select the
Registered User
radio button and enter
admin
for the name and
password
for the
password. For more information about access control, see
Control Access to Your
Network
on page
59.
5.
Click the
Connect
button.
The USB device displays.
To access the USB device from a Windows computer:
1.
Select
Start > Run
.
2.
Enter
\\readyshare
in the dialog box.
3.
Click the
OK
button.
The USB device displays.
To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1.
Visit
www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2.
In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click the
PC Utility
link.
The
readyshareconnect.exe
file is downloaded to your computer.
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3.
Launch
readyshareconnect.exe
.
4.
Select the drive letter to map to the network folder.
5.
To connect to the USB drive as a different user, select the
Connect using different
credentials
check box and do the following:
a.
Type the user name and password.
b.
Click the
OK
button.
6.
Click the
Finish
button.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
Your router comes with free backup software for all the Windows computers in your home.
Connect a USB hard disk drive (HDD) to the USB port on your router for centralized,
continuous, and automatic backup.
To back up your Windows computer:
1.
Insert your USB storage device into the blue USB 3.0 port on the front of the router.
If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use it when you connect the USB device to the router.
When you connect the USB device to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes
before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB device is available to all computers on
your local area network (LAN).
2.
Install the genie app on each Windows computer.
To download the genie app, visit
www.netgear.com/genie
.
3.
Download ReadySHARE Vault from
www.netgear.com/readyshare
and install it on each
Windows computer.
4.
Launch ReadySHARE Vault.

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