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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 > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
.
The Dynamic DNS screen displays.
5.
Change your DDNS account settings as necessary.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are saved.
Set Up Your Personal FTP Server
To set up your personal account and use FTP:
1.
Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain name.
See
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
on page
76.
2.
Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
Your router must use a direct Internet connection. It cannot connect to a different router to
access the Internet.
3.
Connect a USB storage device to the router USB port.
4.
Set up FTP access in the router.
See
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
on page
76.
5.
On a remote computer with Internet access, you can use FTP to access your router using
ftp://
yourname
.mynetgear.com.
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8.
Share a USB Printer
The ReadySHARE Printer utility lets you share a USB printer that is connected to the USB port
on your router. You can share this USB printer among the Windows and Mac computers on your
network.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer
Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
Use the Shared Printer
View or Change the Status of a Printer
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings
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Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer
Some USB printer manufacturers (for example, HP and Lexmark) request that you do not
connect the USB cable until the installation software prompts you to do so.
To install the driver and cable the printer:
1.
On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer, install the driver
software for the USB printer.
If the printer driver is not installed, contact the printer manufacturer.
2.
Use a USB printer cable to connect the USB printer to a router USB port.
Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
The utility works on Windows and Mac computers.
To download the utility:
1.
Visit
www.netgear.com/readyshare
.
2.
In the ReadySHARE Printer pane, click the
PC Utility
or
Mac Utility
link.
USB
port
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3.
Follow the onscreen instructions to download the file.
Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
You must install the ReadySHARE Printer utility on each computer that will share the printer.
After you install it, the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center on your computer.
To install the utility:
1.
Double-click the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file that you downloaded.
The InstallShield wizard displays.
2.
Follow the wizard instructions to install NETGEAR USB Control Center.
After the InstallShield Wizard completes the installation, the NETGEAR USB Control
Center prompts you to select a language.
3.
Select a language from the list and click the
OK
button.
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The NETGEAR USB Control Center displays the main screen.
Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks NETGEAR USB Control Center from
accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer displayed in the screen, you
can disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
4.
Select the printer and click the
Connect
button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by
Mycomputer
. Now, only your
computer can use the printer.
5.
Click the
Disconnect
button.
The status changes to Available. Now all computers on the network can use the printer.
6.
To exit the utility, select
System > Exit
.
Use the Shared Printer
For each computer, after you click the
Connect
and
Disconnect
buttons once, the utility
automatically manages the printing queue. By default, the utility starts automatically
whenever you log on to Windows and runs in the background.
To manually connect and print:
1.
Click the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
icon
.
The main screen displays.
2.
Click the
Connect
button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by
Mycomputer
. Now only the
computer you are using can use this printer.
3.
Use the print feature in your application to print your document.
4.
To release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it, click the
Disconnect
button.

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