R4500 User Guide A Gui de for U s ing • ReadySHARE Cloud • ReadySHARE Printer • ReadySHARE Access • Desktop NETGEAR Genie w i t h your R450 0 Ro u ter
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ReadySHARE Cloud ReadySHARE Cloud gives you remote access over the Internet to a USB storage device that is connected to your router’s USB port. To enable ReadySHARE Cloud, log in to the router management interface at http://routerlogin.net, and go to the ReadySHARE page. Follow the instructions to register your router with the ReadySHARE Cloud server. Using this feature, you can also invite friends and family members to access the shared contents on the USB device.
ReadySHARE Printer ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the router’s USB port, and access it wirelessly. To set up ReadySHARE Printer: Step 1: Connect the USB printer to the router’s USB port with a USB printer cable. Step 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.
Step 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.
NOTE: • • You must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this utility must be run in the background. Step 4: Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.
Step 5: After you have installed the utility, select the language. Step 6: If this is the first time you are accessing the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click the Connect button.
Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually connected by xxx.. Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. The status then changes to Available. Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in the network, the utility on each of them automatically handles the printing queue and handling. The status of the printer should appear as Available on all of the computers.
NOTE: • • When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer. When the status is Manually connected by xxx, only the xxx computer can use the printer. Other network devices must wait until the xxx computer has released the connection, or until the connection times out (the default time-out value is 30 seconds). • You can set the value for the default time-out time from the Tools > Configuration screen.
• • The USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to be able to print to the USB printer attached to the router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work. Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the printer in the utility, you can disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
ReadySHARE Access Once you have set up your router or gateway, you can connect most common USB storage devices and share the contents with other users (both wired and wireless) on your network. (If your USB device requires special drivers, it will not be compatible.). You can access your USB device as follows: • On Windows systems, use any of these methods: - Select Start > Run and enter \\readyshare in the dialog box. Click OK. - Open Explorer or Safari and enter \\readyshare in the address bar.
• On Mac systems, do this: 1. Select Go > Connect to Server. 2. Enter smb://readyshare as the Server Address. 3. Click Connect. The readyshareconnect.exe file (for Windows) is available to download here: http://www.netgear.com/readyshare NOTE: If your USB device requires a power supply, you must use it when connecting your USB device to a NETGEAR router or gateway. It may take up to 2 minutes before the USB drive is ready for sharing after it is connected to the router.
Desktop NETGEAR Genie The Desktop NETGEAR Genie is your home network dashboard. It lets you easily view, manage, and control your entire home network, and helps you fix common network problems. Internet WiFi Connection Router Settings STATUS GOOD STATUS Connected Click here Network Map Parental Controls ReadySHARE Number of devices 16 Click here Click here Visit the NETGEAR Genie web page at: http://www.netgear.
From the NETGEAR Genie web page, you can download Windows or Mac versions of the Genie, as well as learn more about the Genie by reading the online Desktop NETGEAR Genie User Manual. The Genie dashboard screen (shown on page 12) displays when you launch the NETGEAR Genie. • • • • • • • Internet. Monitor and repair Internet connectivity issues, for both wired and wireless connections. WiFi Connection. View or change the wireless settings for your router. Router Settings.
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