Operation Manual

8. Share USB Devices Attached to the

Router

This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage device attached to your DST

router. The USB port on the DST 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 DST router USB port.

The chapter contains the following sections:

• USB Device Requirements

• Access a USB Device on the Network

• Back Up Windows Computers With ReadySHARE Vault

• Back Up Mac Computers With Time Machine

• Manage Access to a USB Device

• Enable FTP Access Within Your Network

• View or Change Network Folders on a USB Device

• Add a Network Folder on a USB Device

• Change a Network Folder, Including Read and Write Access, on a USB Device

• Approve USB Devices

• Safely Remove a USB Device

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