NETGEAR R4500 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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To access your 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 until you

log out and then log back in again.

Add or Edit a Network Folder

1.

Select

Basic > ReadySHARE

, and click

Edit

, or select

Advanced > USB Storage >

Advanced Settings

.

2.

Specify the changes that you want to make:

•

To edit a folder, select its radio button and click

Edit

.

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•

To add a folder, click

Create Network Folder

radio button.

•

To select a folder or change the share name, enter the name and click the

Browse

ratio button.

•

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.

3.

Click

Apply

.

USB Storage Advanced Settings

You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders for your USB device. Use

the following screen to specify access to the USB storage device.

1.

On the Advanced tab, select

USB Storage >

Advanced Settings

:

2.

Specify the settings:

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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. Type

http://readyshare.routerlogin.net/shares

to access

the USB drive.

•

HTTP (via Internet)

. Disabled by default. If you select this box, remote users can type

http://<

public IP address

/shares>

(for example, http://1.1.10.102/shares) 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 select this box, remote users can

access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This feature supports both

downloading and uploading of files.

3.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

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.

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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 used by 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.

Safely Remove a USB Drive

To safely remove a USB disk drive so that no users can access it, select

USB Storage >

Basic Settings

, and click the

Safely Remove USB Device

button. This takes the drive

offline.

Media Server Settings

By default, the router is set up to act as a ReadyDLNA media server, which lets you view

movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP AV–compliant media players, such as Xbox360,

Playstation, and NETGEAR NeoTV.

To view these settings, select

Advanced > USB Storage > Media Server

.

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.

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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

.

2.

Click the

Approved Devices

button.

This screen shows the approved USB devices and the available USB devices. You can

remove or add approved USB devices.

3.

To add an approved USB device, select it from the Available USB Devices list and click

Add

.

4.

Select the

Allow only approved devices

check box.

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