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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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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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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

.

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.