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Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer

You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking. The computer you exempt must have a

fixed IP address. You can use the reserved IP address feature to specify the IP address. See

Set Up Address Reservation

on page

84



To specify a trusted computer:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Block Sites

.

5.

Scroll down and select the

Allow trusted IP address to visit blocked sites

check box.

6.

In the

Trusted IP Address

field, enter the IP address of the trusted computer.

7.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes are saved.

Set Up Security Event Email Notifications

The router can email you its logs of router activity. The log records router activity and security

events such as attempts to access blocked sites or services.



To set up email notifications:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

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Select

ADVANCED > Security >

E-mail

.

5.

Select the

Turn Email 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.

Enter the email address to which logs and alerts are sent in the

Send to This E-mail

Address

field.

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.

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.

(Optional) Select the

Send Alerts Immediately

check box.

Email alerts are sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.

10.

To send logs based on a schedule, specify these settings:

•

From

Send logs according to this schedule

drop-down list, select the schedule

type.

•

From the

Day

drop-down list, select the day.

•

From the

Time

drop-down 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. If the log fills up 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 up, 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 a USB storage drive 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 Drive on the Network

•

Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault

•

Control Access to the USB Drive

•

Use FTP Within the Network

•

Manage Network Folders 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 Drive on the Network

ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB drive connected to the router USB port. (If

your USB drive has 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



To connect a USB drive:

1.

Insert your USB storage drive into the blue USB 3.0 port on the front of the router.

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2.

If your USB drive has a power supply, you must use it when you connect the USB drive to

the router.

When you connect the USB drive to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes

before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB drive is available to all computers on

your local area network (LAN).



To access the USB drive from a Mac:

1.

Select

Go > Connect to Server

.

2.

Enter

smb://readyshare

as the server address.

3.

Click the

Connect

button.



To access the USB drive from a Windows computer:

1.

Select

Start > Run

.

2.

Enter

\\readyshare

in the dialog box and click the

OK

button.



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

PC Utility

.

The

readyshareconnect.exe

file is downloaded to your computer.

3.

Launch

readyshareconnect.exe

.

4.

Select the drive letter to map to the network folder.

5.

(Optional) If you want to connect to the USB drive as a different user, select the

Connect

using different credentials

check box.

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.