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•

Read/Write Access

. Shows the permissions and access controls on the network folder:

All - no password (the default) allows all users to access the network folder. The

password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.

•

Folder Name

. Full path used by the network folder.

•

Volume Name

. Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).

•

Total/Free Space

. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.

Safely Remove a USB Drive

To safely remove a USB disk drive so that no users can access it, select

USB Storage >

Basic Settings

, and 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, which lets you view

movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP AV–compliant media players, such as Xbox360,

Playstation, and NETGEAR’s Digital Entertainer Live.

To view these 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. You can

access this feature from the Advanced Setup menu on the Advanced tab.



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

.

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4.

Select the

Allow only approved devices

check box.

5.

Click

Apply

so that your change takes effect.

If you want to work with another USB device, you have to first click the

Safely Remove USB

Device

button for the currently connected USB device. Connect the other USB device, and

repeat this process.

Connect to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer

To connect to the USB drive from remote computers with a web browser, you have to 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’s 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 has access to 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’s USB port, and access it wirelessly.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

ReadySHARE Printer

•

USB Control Center Utility

•

Desktop NETGEAR Genie

For additional about ReadySHARE features, see

www.netgear.com/readyshare

.

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ReadySHARE Printer

You can connect a USB printer to the router’s 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’s USB port with a USB printer cable.

2.

Install the USB printer driver software

on each computer

that will share 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 will share 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 this URL:

www.netgear.com/readyshare

•

From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie. (See

Desktop

NETGEAR Genie

on page

63).

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 runing in the background.