User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Setup
- 2. Specify Your Internet Settings
- 3. Connect to the Network and Access the Modem Router
- 4. Control Access to the Internet
- 5. Manage Network Settings
- View or change the WAN settings
- Set up a default DMZ server
- Change the Router’s Device Name
- Change the LAN TCP/IP settings
- Specify the IP addresses that the modem router assigns
- Disable the DHCP server feature in the modem router
- Manage reserved LAN IP addresses
- Use the WPS Wizard for WiFi connections
- Specify Basic WiFi Settings
- Change the WiFi Mode
- Change the Transmission Power Control
- Change the WiFi password or the WiFi security
- Set up a guest WiFi network
- Control the WiFi radios
- Set up a WiFi schedule
- Specify WPS settings
- Enable or disable implicit beamforming
- Enable or disable airtime fairness
- Ethernet Port Aggregation
- 6. Manage Your Modem Router
- Update the router firmware
- Change the admin password
- Enable admin password recovery
- Recover the admin password
- View information about the router and the Internet and WiFi settings
- Display the statistics of the Internet port
- Check the Internet connection status
- View and manage logs of router activity
- View devices currently on the network
- View event logs
- Monitor Internet traffic
- Manage the router configuration file
- Remote access
- Remotely access your router using the Nighthawk app
- Disable LED blinking or turn off LEDs
- Set your time zone
- Set the NTP Server
- Specify ReadyDLNA media server settings
- Return the router to its factory default settings
- 7. Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Modem Router
- USB device requirements
- Connect a USB storage device to the router
- Access a storage device connected to the router from a Windows-based computer
- Map a USB device to a Windows network drive
- Access a storage device that is connected to the router from a Mac
- Back up Windows-based computers with ReadySHARE Vault
- Back up Mac computers with Time Machine
- Enable FTP access within your network
- View network folders on a storage device
- Add a network folder on a USB storage device
- Edit a network folder on a USB storage device
- Safely remove a USB storage device
- 8. Use Dynamic DNS to Access USB Storage Devices Through the Internet
- 9. Use VPN to Access Your Network
- 10. Manage Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- 11. Troubleshooting
- 12. Supplemental Information
Erase the settings...........................................................................74
Restore the settings.......................................................................75
Remote access....................................................................................75
Set up remote management........................................................76
Use remote access.........................................................................77
Remotely access your router using the Nighthawk app................77
Disable LED blinking or turn off LEDs..............................................77
Set your time zone..............................................................................78
Set the NTP Server..............................................................................78
Specify ReadyDLNA media server settings.....................................80
Return the router to its factory default settings..............................81
Use the Reset button.....................................................................81
Erase the settings...........................................................................81
Chapter 7 Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Modem
Router
USB device requirements..................................................................84
Connect a USB storage device to the router..................................84
Access a storage device connected to the router from a
Windows-based computer................................................................85
Map a USB device to a Windows network drive.............................85
Access a storage device that is connected to the router from a
Mac.......................................................................................................86
Back up Windows-based computers with ReadySHARE Vault.....87
Back up Mac computers with Time Machine..................................87
Set up a USB hard drive on a Mac...............................................88
Prepare to back up a large amount of data................................89
Use Time Machine to back up onto a USB hard disk................89
Enable FTP access within your network...........................................91
View network folders on a storage device......................................91
Add a network folder on a USB storage device.............................92
Edit a network folder on a USB storage device..............................93
Safely remove a USB storage device...............................................94
Chapter 8 Use Dynamic DNS to Access USB Storage Devices
Through the Internet
Set up and manage Dynamic DNS...................................................96
Set up FTP access through the Internet...........................................96
Your personal FTP server...................................................................97
Set up your personal FTP server..................................................97
Set up a new Dynamic DNS account...........................................98
Specify a DNS account that you already created.......................98
Change the Dynamic DNS settings.............................................99
Access USB storage devices through the Internet.......................100
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Nighthawk AX8 AX6000 WiFI Cable Modem Router Model CAX80