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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.

In the

Send to This E-mail Address

field, type the email address to which logs and alerts

are to be sent.

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 and do the following:

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.

c.

(Optional) in the

Outgoing Mail Server Port Number

field, enter a port number.

9.

(Optional) Select the

Send Alerts Immediately

check box.

Email alerts are sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.

10.

(Optional) Send logs based on a schedule.

Specify these settings:

•

From

Send logs according to this schedule

list, select the schedule type.

•

From the

Day

list, select the day.

•

From the

Time

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 according to the schedule that you set. If the log fills 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, the router overwrites the log.

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6.

Share a USB Storage Device

Attached to the Router

This chapter describes how to access and manage a storage device attached to your router.

ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB storage device connected to the router. (If your

storage device uses special drivers, it is not compatible.)

Note:

The USB ports 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 Device Requirements

•

Connect a USB Device to the Router

•

Access an Storage Device Connected to the Router

•

Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive

•

Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault

•

Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine

•

Control Access to a Storage Device

•

Use FTP Within the Network

•

View or Change Network Folders on a Device

•

Add a Network Folder on a Storage Device

•

Edit a Network Folder on a Storage Device

•

Use the Router as a ReadyDLNA Media Server

•

Approve USB Devices

•

Safely Remove a USB Device

For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit

www.netgear.com/readyshare

.

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USB Device Requirements

The router works with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives. For the most

up-to-date list of USB devices 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

•

HFS

•

HFS+

Connect a USB Device to the Router

ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB device connected to the router USB port. (If

your USB device uses special drivers, it is not compatible.)

USB port

Figure 7. The USB port is on the back of the router

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

To connect a USB device:

1.

Connect your USB storage device to the router USB port.

2.

If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.

You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the router.

When you connect the USB device to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes

before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB device is available to all computers on

your local area network (LAN).

Access an Storage Device Connected to the Router

From a computer or device on the network, you can access a storage device that is

connected to the router.



To access the device from a Mac:

1.

Connect a USB storage device to the appropriate router USB port.

If your storage device uses a power supply, you must use it when you connect the device

to the router.

When you connect the storage device to the router’s port, it might take up to two minutes

before it is ready for sharing. By default, the device is available to all computers on your

local area network (LAN).

2.

On a Mac that is connected to the network, select

Go > Connect to Server

.

3.

In the

Server Address

field, enter

smb://readyshare

.

4.

When prompted, select the

Guest

radio button.

If you set up access control on the router and you allowed your Mac to access the

network, select the

Registered User

radio button and enter

admin

for the name and

password

for the password. For more information about access control, see

Allow or

Block Access to Your Network

on page

52.

5.

Click the

Connect

button.

A window automatically opens and displays the files and folders on the device.



To access the device from a Windows computer:

1.

Connect a USB storage device to the router USB port.

If your storage device uses a power supply, you must use it when you connect the device

to the router.

When you connect the storage device to the router’s port, it might take up to two minutes

before it is ready for sharing. By default, the device is available to all computers on your

local area network (LAN)

2.

Launch a web browser from a computer that is connected to the network.

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3.

In the address field of the browser, enter

\\readyshare

.

Windows file manager automatically opens and displays the files and folders on the

device.

Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive



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 the

PC Utility

link.

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.

To connect to the device as a different user, select the

Connect using different credentials

check box and do the following:

a.

Type the user name and password.

b.

Click the

OK

button.

6.

Click the

Finish

button.

The device is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.

Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault

Your router comes with free backup software for all the Windows computers in your home.

Connect a USB hard disk drive (HDD) to the router for centralized, continuous, and automatic

backup.

The following operating systems support ReadySHARE Vault:

•

Windows XP SP3

•

Windows 7