Netgear N 900 Manual

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Access the Connected USB Hard Drive
After the initial set up explained in the previous section, you can access the connected USB 
hard drive from Your Mac or PC.
To access the drive:
1.
Start ReadySHARE:
• On a  Mac: Select  Go > Connect
  to Server, and then type:  smb://readyshare
• On a  PC: Select  St
 art > Run, and then type: \
eadyshare
2. From your MAC desktop, ope n Mac
 intosh HD.
3. Click the Co nnect As butto
 n. In the pop-up...

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You are prompted to log in.
Show Time Machine status in the menu bar
Click the lock to prevent further changes.
OFF
ON
Time Machine
Time Machine
Show All
your music, pictures, and other inportant files. Since Time
Machine keeps daily backups, you can revisit your Mac as it
appeared in the past.
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Time Machine
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Before You Back up a Large Amount of Data
Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine, NETGEAR recommends that 
you do the following to ensure a successful operation: 
1.
Upg rade the operating system of the Mac machine.
2. Verify and repair the backup disk and the local disk.
3. Verify and repair the permissions on the local disk.
4. Set Energy Sa ve
 r.
a. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. 
b. From the View...

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c.
On the Security screen, leave the  Log out after minutes of inactivity check box 
cleared  (not selected). 

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Change the Partition Scheme
To run with the router, the partition scheme on your Mac has to be set to either GUID or MBR. 
To make sure the partition scheme is set to one of these supported schemes:
1.
Open  the Disk Utility and select your USB drive.
2. Select th e Partition  ta
 b.
3. Select  Vo
 lume Scheme and set the number of partitions you would like to use.
4.Click  Options, and the Partition options appear.
5. Select  GUID...

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9.   Advanced Settings
This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for users with a 
solid understanding of networking concepts who want to set the router up for unique situations 
such as when remote access from the Internet by IP or domain name is needed. 
This chapter includes the following sections:•Advanced Wireless Settings 
• Wireless Repeating Function (WDS) 
• Port Forwarding and Triggering 
• Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers 
• Set Up Port...

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Advanced Wireless Settings
Select 
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings  to display the following screen:
Scroll to view 
more settings
The following settings are available in this screen:
Enable Wireless Router Radio . You 
 can completely turn off the wireless portion of the 
wireless router by clearing this check box. Select this check box again to enable the wireless 
portion of the router. When the wireless radio  is...

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Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
You can set the N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi
t Router up to be used as a wireless access 
point (AP). Doing this enables the router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater 
connects to another wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects 
becomes the ISP service.
Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distri bution System (WDS). 
 A WDS allows a wireless 
network to...

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To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access 
point.
Wireless Repeater
. The router

 sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a 
remote access point. To configure this mode,  you have to know the MAC address of the 
remote parent access point. 
The WNDR4500 router is always in dual band  concurrent mode, u

nless you turn off one 
radio. Be aware that if you enable the...

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•
Wireless MAC of this router . This field displays the MAC address for your router for your 
reference. You will need to enter this MAC address in the corresponding Wireless 
Repeating Function screen of the other access point you are using.
• W
ireless Repeater . If your router is the repeater, select this check box.
Repeater IP Address . If your rou
 ter is the repeater, enter the IP address of the other 
access point.
Disable...