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USB Storage
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2.
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 Ready DLNA Media server. This setting lets you
view movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP AV–compliant media players, such as Xbox360,
Playstation, and NETGEAR media players.
To view the media server 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.
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USB Storage
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Specify Approved USB Devices
For more security, you can set up the router to share approved USB devices only.
To set up approved USB devices:
1.
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > USB Settings. The following screen
displays:
2.
Click the Approved Devices
button. The USB Drive Approved Devices screen displays:
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 then
click
Add
.
4.
Select the
Allow only approved devices
check box.
5.
Click
Apply
so that your change takes effect.
If you want to use another USB device, first click the
Safely Remove USB Device
button for
the currently connected USB device. Then connect the other USB device.
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USB Storage
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Connect to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer
To connect to the USB drive from remote computers with a web browser, use the router’s
Internet port IP address. If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather
than the IP address. You can view the router’s Internet IP address from the dashboard on the
Basic Home screen or the Advanced Home screen.
Access the Router USB Drive Remotely Using FTP
To connect to the router’s USB drive using a web browser:
1.
Connect to the router by typing
ftp://
and the Internet port IP address in the address
field of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, for example:
If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather than the IP address.
2.
Type the account name and password that has access rights to the USB drive. The user
name (account name) for All – no password is
guest
.
3.
The directories of the USB drive that your account can access are displayed, for example,
share/partition1/directory1. You can now read and copy files from the USB directory.
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6.
ReadySHARE Printer
ReadySHARE Printer is compatible with Macs and Windows PCs. It lets you connect a USB
printer to the router USB port, and access it wirelessly.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•
ReadySHARE Printer
•
USB Control Center Utility This activates the scanner window to perform scans.
For additional about ReadySHARE features, see
www.netgear.com/readyshare
.
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ReadySHARE Printer
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ReadySHARE Printer
You can connect a USB printer to the router’ USB port, and share it among Windows and
Mac computers on the network.
To set up ReadySHARE Printer:
1.
Connect the USB printer to the router USB port with a USB printer cable.
2.
Install the USB printer driver software
on each computer
that shares the printer. If you do not
have the printer driver, contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most
recent printer driver software.
3.
On each computer that shares the printer, download the NETGEAR USB Control Center
utility. The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version, which you can
access in two different ways:
•
From the ReadySHARE Printer area of the page that you reach through this URL:
www.netgear.com/readyshare
•
From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR genie. (See
This activates the
scanner window to perform scans.
on page
66).
Note:
You
have to
install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE
Printer feature. For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this
utility has to be running in the background.

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