User Manual

Share USB Storage Devices Attached to

the Router

This chapter describes how to access and manage storage devices attached to your router. ReadySHARE lets

you access and share USB storage devices connected to the router. (If your storage device uses special drivers,

it is not compatible.)

The USB ports on the 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 router USB port.

Note

This chapter contains the following sections:

• USB Device Requirements on page 102

• Connect a Storage Device to the Router on page 102

• Access a Storage Device Connected to the Router From a Windows Computer on page 103

• Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive on page 103

• Access a Storage Device That Is Connected to the Router From a Mac on page 104

• Back Up Windows Computers With ReadySHARE Vault on page 104

• Back Up Mac Computers With Time Machine on page 105

• Use FTP Within the Network on page 107

• View or Change Network Folders on a Storage Device on page 108

• Safely Remove a USB Device on page 111

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

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