User's Manual

5. USB Storage

This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage drive attached to your router.

You can use the USB port on the router 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:

• Access a USB Storage Device

• File-Sharing Scenarios

• View a USB Device Attached to the Router

• USB Storage Device Network and Access Settings

• Available Network Folders

• Specify Approved USB Devices

• Safely Remove a USB Drive

For information about using the ReadySHARE Printer feature, see Chapter 6, ReadySHARE

Printer.

For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.