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Control Access to the Internet
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Nighthawk AC1900
Smart
WiFi
Router Model
R7000
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
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
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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4.
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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Share USB Drives Attached to the Router
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Nighthawk AC1900
Smart
WiFi
Router Model
R7000
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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Smart
WiFi
Router Model
R7000
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.

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