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Your Personal FTP Server
With your customized free URL, you can use FTP to access your network when you aren’t home through Dynamic
DNS. To set up your FTP server, you must register for a NETGEAR Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service account and
specify the account settings. See
Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
on page 112.
Figure 10.You can access your network through the Internet when you’re not home
The router supports only basic DDNS, and the login and password might not be secure.You can
use DDNS with a VPN tunnel for a secure connection.
Note
Set Up Your Personal FTP Server
To set up your personal account and use FTP:
1.
Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain name.
See
Dynamic DNS
on page 110.
2.
Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
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Your router must use a direct Internet connection. It cannot connect to a different router to access the Internet.
3.
Connect a storage device to the router.
You can connect USB hard disk drives to the USB ports on the router.
4.
Set up FTP access in the router.
See
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
on page 110.
5.
On a remote computer with Internet access, you can use FTP to access your router using
Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
To set up Dynamic DNS and register for a free NETGEAR account:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.
Enter
.
A login window opens.
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 page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
.
5.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
6.
From the
Service Provider
menu, select
NETGEAR
.
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7.
Select the
No
radio button.
8.
In the
Host Name
field, type the name that you want to use for your URL.
The host name is sometimes called the domain name.Your free URL includes the host name that you specify
and ends with mynetgear.com. For example, specify
MyName
.mynetgear.com.
9.
In the
Email
field, type the email address for your account.
10.
In the
Password (6-32 characters)
field, type the password for your account.
11.
Click the
Register
button.
12.
Follow the onscreen instructions to register for your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS service.
Specify a DNS Account That You Already Created
If you already created a Dynamic DNS account with NETGEAR No-IP, or Dyn, you can set up the router to use your
account.
To set up Dynamic DNS if you already created an account:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.
Enter
.
A login window opens.
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 page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
.
5.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
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6.
From the
Service Provider
menu, select your provider.
7.
Select the
Yes
radio button.
The page adjusts and displays the
Show Status
,
Cancel
, and
Apply
buttons.
8.
In the
Host Name
field, type the host name (sometimes called the domain name) for your account.
9.
For a No-IP or Dyn account, in the
User Name
field, type the user name for your account.
10.
For a NETGEAR account at No-IP, in the
Email
field, type the email address for your account.
11.
In the
Password (6-32 characters)
field, type the password for your DDNS account.
12.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
13.
To verify that your Dynamic DNS service is enabled in the router, click the
Show Status
button.
A message displays the Dynamic DNS status.
Change the Dynamic DNS Settings
You can change the settings for your Dynamic DNS account.
To change your settings:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.
Enter
.
A login window opens.
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 page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
.
The Dynamic DNS page displays.
5.
Change your DDNS account settings as necessary.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
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Access USB Storage Devices Through the Internet
You can access USB devices through the Internet when you’re not home.
To access devices from a remote computer:
1.
Launch a web browser on a computer that is not on your home network.
2.
Connect to your home router:
•
To connect with Dynamic DNS, type the DNS name.
To use a Dynamic DNS account, you must enter the account information on the Dynamic DNS page. See
Dynamic DNS
on page 110.
•
To connect without Dynamic DNS, type the router’s Internet port IP address.
You can view the router’s Internet IP address on the BASIC Home page.
You can use FTP to share files on a USB device connected to the router.
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