Operation Manual

Share USB Devices Attached to the Router

Nighthawk DST AC1900 DST Router and DST Adpater Model R7300DST

a. Type the user name and password.

b. Click the OK button.

The USB storage device is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.

Back Up Windows Computers With ReadySHARE Vault

Your DST router comes with free backup software for all the Windows computers in your

home. Connect a USB hard disk drive (HDD) to the USB port on your DST router for

centralized, continuous, and automatic backup.

The following operating systems support ReadySHARE Vault:

• Windows XP SP3

• Windows 7

• Windows 8

• Windows 8.1

• Windows 10

 To back up your Windows computer:

1. Connect a USB HDD to a USB port on the DST router.

The blue, USB 3.0 port on the front of the DST router performs faster than the USB 2.0

port on the rear panel of the DST router.

2. Download ReadySHARE Vault from netgear.com/readyshare and install it on each

Windows computer.

3. Launch ReadySHARE Vault.

The dashboard displays.

4. Use the dashboard or the Backup tab to set up and run your backup jobs.

Back Up Mac Computers With Time Machine

You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard disk drive

(HDD) that is connected to one of the DST router’s USB ports. You can access the

connected USB hard drive from your Mac with a wired or WiFi connection to your DST router.

Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac

We recommend that you use a new USB HDD or format your old USB HDD to do the Time

Machine backup for the first time. Use a blank partition to prevent some issues during backup

using Time Machine. The DST router supports GUID or MBR partitions.