Netgear Centria Wndr4700 Wndr4720 Media Storage Router User Manual

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QoS for a MAC Address
To create a QoS policy for traffic from a specific MAC address:
1. 
Select  Adv
 anced > Setup > QoS Setup , and click the Setup QoS Rule  button. The 
QoS Setup screen displays.
2.  Click  Add
  Priority Rule . 
3.  From the Priority Category 
 list, select MAC Address  to display the following screen:
4. If the device to be prioritized appears in the MAC Device List, select its radio button. The 
information from the MAC Device List populates the policy name, MAC Address, and Device 
Name fields. If the device does not appear in the MAC Device List, click  Refresh. If it still 
does not appear, then fill in these fields manually. 
5.  From th
e Priority list, select the priority for Internet access for this device’s traffic reelative to 
other applications and traffic. The options are Low, Normal, High, and Highest.
6.  Click  App
 ly to save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.
7.  In the QoS Se
 tup screen, select the  Turn Internet Access QoS On  check box.
8.  Click  App
 ly.
Edit or Delete an Existing QoS Policy
To edit or delete a QoS policy:
1.  Select  Adv
 anced > QoS Setup  to display the QoS Setup screen.
2.  Select t
he radio button next to the QoS policy that you want to edit or delete, and do one of 
the following:
•      Click  Delete  to remove the QoS policy
 .
•      Click  Edit t
 o edit the QoS policy. Follow the instructions in the preceding sections to 
change the policy settings.
3.  Click  App
 ly in the QoS Setup screen to save your changes. 
						

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5.   Storage
Accessing and configuring an HDD or USB 
storage drive
This chapter describes how to access and configure a storage drive attached to your router. The 
USB port on the router can be used to connect only 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.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•     ReadySHARE Access 
•     User Setup 
•     File-Sharing Scenarios  
•     Storage Basic Settings 
•     Storage Advanced Settings  
•     Safely Remove a USB or Internal Hard Drive 
•     Media Server 
•     Specify Approved USB Devices 
•     Connect to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer 
•     Back Up Your Computers 
•     Replace the Internal Hard Disk Drive 
•     Format the HDD 
For information about using the ReadySHARE Printer feature, see Chapter 6, ReadySHARE 
Printer.
For more information about ReadySHARE features, see www.netgear.com/readyshare.  
						

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ReadySHARE Access
ReadySHARE lets you access and share th
e HDD inside the router or a USB drive 
connected the router USB port. (If your USB device has special drivers, it is not compatible.) 
When you connect the USB device, it might take  up to 2 minutes before it is ready for 
sharing.
Note:   If your USB device has a power supply, you must use it when you 
connect the USB device to the router. 
To access the internal HDD or USB device from Windows: 
The readyshareconnect.exe file is available to download here: 
www.netgear.com/readyshare.  You can use any of these methods:
•      Select St
 art > Run. Enter \
eadyshare in the dialog box and click  OK. 
•      Op
en a browser and enter \
eadyshare  in the address bar.
•      Op
en My Network Places and enter \
eadyshare  in the address bar. 
To access the internal HDD or USB device from a Mac: 
1. Select  Go > Connec
 t to Server.
2.  Ente
r  smb://readyshare  as the server address.
3.  Click  Con
 nect.
User Setup
The router comes with the admin user name that al lows you to log in to the router to view its 
settings and change them. In the User Setup screen, you can add up to four users in addition 
to admin. Each user name and password can contain printable ASCII characters (ASCII 0x20 
through 0x7E) and can be up to 60 characters in length.
To add a user:
1.  Select  Adv
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2. 
Click  Add.
3. In the User Name field, type a name.
4.  T
ype the password in the Password field and in the Re-enter Password field to confirm it.
5. Click the Add  but
 ton when finished. 
File-Sharing Scenarios
You can share files on the USB drive for a  wide variety of business and recreational 
purposes. The files can be any computer, Mac, or Linux file type including text files, Word, 
PowerPoint, Excel, MP3, pictures, and mult imedia files. USB drive applications include:
•      Sharing multimed
 ia with friends and family such as MP3 files, pictures, and other 
multimedia with local and remote users.
•      Sharin
g resources on your network. You can store files in a central location so that you do 
not have to power up a computer to perform local sharing. In addition, you can share files 
between Macintosh, Linux, and Windows co mputers by using the USB drive as a 
go-between across the systems.
•      Sharing files such as W
 ord documents, PowerPoint presentations, and text files with 
remote users.
A few common uses are described in the fo
 llowing sections.
Share Photos 
You can create your own central storage location for photos and multimedia. This method 
eliminates the need to log in to (and pay for) an external photo-sharing site.
To share files with your friends and family:
1.  Insert your USB 
 drive into the USB port on the router either directly or with a USB cable.
Computers on your local area network (LAN)  can au
 tomatically access this USB drive 
using a web browser or Microsoft Networking.
2.  If 
you want to specify read-only access or to allow access from the Internet, see  Storage 
Advanced Settings  on p
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Store Files in a Central Location for Printing
This scenario is for a family that has one high-quality color printer directly attached to a 
computer, but not shared on the local area network (LAN). This family does not have a print 
server.
•     One family member has photos on a Macintosh computer that she wants to print.
•     The photo-capable color printer is directly attached to a PC, but not shared on the 
network.
•     The Mac and PC are not visible to each other on the network.
To print photos from a Mac on the printer attached to a PC:
1. On the Mac, access the USB drive by typing \\readyshare in the address field of a web 
browser. Then copy the photos to the USB drive.
2. On the PC, use a web browser or Microsoft Networking to copy the files from the USB drive 
to the PC. Then print the files.
Share Large Files over the Internet
Sending files that are larger than 5 MB can pose a problem for many email systems. The 
router allows you to share large files such as PowerPoint presentations or .zip files over the 
Internet. FTP can be used to easily download shared files from the router.
Sharing files with a remote colleague involves the following considerations:
•     There are three kinds of accounts: admin, guest, and user accounts. The password for 
admin is the same one that you use to access the router. By default, it is password. The 
guest user account has no password. You specify the passwords for user accounts in the 
User Setup screen (
User Setup on page 53).
•     On the FTP site, the person receiving the files uses the guest user account and enters the 
password. (FTP requires that you type something in the password field.)
•     Be sure to select the FTP (via Internet) check box in the USB Storage (Advanced 
Settings) screen. This option supports both downloading and uploading of files. 
You can enable the HTTP (via Internet) option on the USB Storage (Advanced Settings) 
screen to share large files. This option supports downloading files only. 
						

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Storage Basic Settings
You can view or edit basic setti
ngs for an internal hard disk drive (HDD) in the router and a 
USB storage device attached to your router. 
To go to Storage Basic Settings:
Select Basic
  > ReadySHARE. 
By default, the HDD and USB storage device are  available to all computers on your local 
area network (LAN). 
The ReadySHARE print feature allows you to share a
  printer that you connect to the USB 
port on your router. To use the ReadySHARE print feature on a Windows computer, you need 
to use the NETGEAR USB Control Center utilit y. For information about this feature, see 
Chapter 6, ReadySHARE Printer .
To access your HDD or USB device:
1. Click the
  network device name or the share  name in your computer’s network folders 
list.
2.  Fo
r SMB://readyshare, click  Connect. 
Note:  If you logged in to the router before you connected your USB device, 
you might not see your USB device in the router screens. If this 
happens, log out and then log back in. 
						

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Add or Edit a Network Folder
1. 
You can access this feature by selecting Basic > ReadySHARE , and clicking Edit, or 
selecting  Advanced > USB Storage > Advanced Settings .
2. Specify the changes that you want to make:
•      T
o add a folder, click  Create Network Folder.
•     To edit a folder, select its radio button and then click  Edit.
3.  Y
ou can use this screen to select a folder, change the share name, or change the read 
access or write access from All – no password to admin. 
The user name (account name) for All – no pa sswo
 rd is guest. The password for admin is 
the same one that is used to log in to the router. By default, it is password.
4.  Click  App
 ly for your changes to take effect. 
						

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Storage Advanced Settings
You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders for your USB device. 
To go to storage advances settings:
On the USB Settings screen, click the  Edit butto
 n to display the following screen:
You can use this screen to specify access to the USB storage device. 
•      Network Device
  Name. The default is readyshare. This is the name used to access the 
USB device connected to the router. 
•      W
orkgroup. If you are using a Windows workgroup rather than a domain, the workgroup 
name is displayed here. The name works only in an operating system that supports 
NetBIOS, such as Microsoft Windows.
•      Acce
ss Method . The access methods are described here.
Network Connection . Enabled by defa
 ult, this connection allows all users on the LAN to 
have access to the USB drive.
HTTP . 
Enabled by default. You can type  http://readyshare.routerlogin.net/shares  to 
access the USB drive.
HTTP (via Internet) . Disable
 d by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can 
type  http://< public IP address/shares>  (for example, http://1.1.10.102/shares) or a 
URL domain name to access the USB drive over the Internet. This setting supports file 
uploading only.
FTP . Disa
bled by default.
FTP (via Internet) . Disabled by defa
 ult. If you enable this setting, remote users can 
access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This setting supports both 
downloading and uploading of files. 
						

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Available Network Folders
You might need to scroll down to view this section of the screen:
•     
Share Name. If only one device is connected, t he default share name is USB_Storage. 
You can click the name shown, or you can type it  in the address field of your web browser. 
If Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted and no other share for the 
root folder exists. Click th e link to change this setting.
•      Read Acce
 ss and Write Access. Shows the permissions and access controls on the 
network folder: All - no password (the defaul t) allows all users to access the network 
folder. The password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.
•      Folder Nam
 e. Full path of the network folder. 
•      V
olume Name. Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
•     To
ta l  S pa c e  and Free Space. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.
•      S.M.A.R.T . This inf
 ormation is for advanced users. Click the  click here link to display 
S.M.A.R.T information of the internal HDD.
•      Format In
 ternal Disk. You click this button to format the internal hard disk drive. This 
erases all data on the drive. When you cli ck Format Internal Disk, you are asked to 
confirm before any data is erased. For more information about formatting the internal 
hard disk drive, see See  Format the HDD on p
age 72 .
Safely Remove a USB or Internal Hard Drive
To remove a USB device or internal hard disk drive (HDD) safely, select  Storage > Basic 
Settings , and click the  Safely Remove USB or Internal Hard Drive  button. This takes the 
drive offline. 
						

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Media Server
By default, the router is set up to act as a ReadyDLNA media server. This setting lets you 
view movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP AV–compliant media players, such as Xbox360, 
Playstation, and NETGEAR’s Digital Entertainer Live.
To view these settings, select 
Ad
 vanced > USB Storage > Media Server  to display the 
following screen:
By default the Enable Media Server check box  and the Automatic (when new files are added) 
radio button are selected. When these options are selected, the router scans for media files 
whenever new files are added to the ReadySHARE USB hard drive.
Specify Approved USB Devices
For more security, you can set up the router to share approved USB devices only. You can 
access this feature from the Advanced Setup menu on the Advanced tab.
To set up approved USB devices:
1.  Select  Advance
 d > Advanced Setup > USB Settings . The following screen displays.