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Run Diagnostics and Reboot
In the main menu, under Maintenance, select Diagnostics.
The wireless modem router has a diagnostics feature. You can use the Dia\
gnostics screen to 
perform the following functions from the wireless modem router:
•     Ping an IP address to test connectivity to see if you can reach a remote\
 host.
•     
Perform a DNS lookup to test if an Internet name resolves to an IP addre\
ss to verify...

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Configure Remote Management
Using the Remote Management screen, you can allow a user or users on the\
 Internet to 
configure, upgrade, and check the status of your wireless modem router.
Note:  
Be sure to change the wireless modem router’s default password to 
a very secure password. The ideal password should contain no 
dictionary words from any language and should be a mixture of 
letters (both uppercase and...

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Choose a number between 1024 and 65535, but do not use the number of any\
 common 
service port. The default is 8080, which is a common alternate for HTTP.\
5.  Click  Apply to have your changes take effect.
To access the router from the Internet, type the router’s WAN IP addr\
ess in the browser’s 
Address field, followed by a colon (:) and the port number. For exampl\
e, if your external 
address is 134.177.0.123 and...

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5.   USB Storage
This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage drive a\
ttached to your wireless modem router.
  

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Note:  The USB port on the wireless modem router can be used only to 
connect USB storage devices like flash drives or hard drives. Do not 
connect computers, USB modems, printers, CD drives, or DVD 
drives to the USB port.
Note:   Because the USB port on the wireless modem router is used for 
connecting the broadband mobile modem cable, you are not able to 
use the USB port for both a ReadyShare storage and a broadband 
mobile...

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•     The USB port on the wireless modem router can be used with one USB hard \
drive at a 
time. Do not attempt to use a USB hub attached to the USB port.
•      According to the USB 2.0 specification, the maximum available power is 5\
V at 0.5A. 
Some USB devices might exceed this requirement, in which case the device\
 might not 
function or might function erratically. Check the documentation for your\
 USB device to be 
sure.
•...

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•     The family’s color printer is directly attached to the mother’s co\
mputer.
•     The daughter has some photos on her Macintosh computer that she wants to\
 print.
•     Their computers are not visible to each other on the network.
To print her photos on the color printer:
1. 
The daughter types  \
eadyshare in the address field of her web browser. 
This gives her access to the USB drive in the router. 
2.  She copies the...

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USB Storage Basic Settings
You can view or edit basic settings for the USB storage device attached \
to your wireless 
modem router. On the wireless modem router main menu under USB, select 
Basic Settings. 
The following screen displays:
By default, the USB storage device is available to all computers on your\
 local area network 
(LAN). To access your USB device from this screen, you can click the n\
etwork or device 
name or the...

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Edit a Network Folder
This process is the same from either the USB Storage (Basic Settings) \
screen or the USB 
Storage (Advanced Settings) screen. Click the Edit button to open the Edit Network Folder 
screen:
You can use this screen to select a folder, to change the share name, or\
 to change read 
access or write access from All-no password to admin. The password for a\
dmin is the same 
one that is used to log in to the router...

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Note:  You need to click 
Apply for your changes to take effect.
Configure USB Storage Advanced Settings
To configure advanced USB settings, from the router menu, under USB, sel\
ect  Advanced 
Settings. The USB Storage (Advanced Settings) screen displays:
You can use this screen to specify access to the USB storage device. The\
 following table 
explains the fields and buttons in the USB Storage (Advanced Settings)\
 screen.
Table...