Netgear N 900 Manual

							NETGEAR genie Advanced Home41
 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
4.
From the Priority Category list, select  Ethernet LAN Port, as shown in the following figure:
5.From the LAN port list,  select the LAN port that will have a QoS policy.
6. From the Priority list, select the  
 priority that this port’s traffic should receive relative to other 
applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. The options are Low, Normal, High, and 
Highest.
7. Click  Appl
 y to save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.
8. In the QoS Se tup screen,
  click Apply .
QoS for a MAC Address
To create a QoS policy for traffic from a specific MAC address:
1.Select  Advanced > Setup
  > QoS Setup, and click the Setup QoS Rule button. The 
QoS Setup screen displays.
2. Click  Add P
 riority Rule.  
						

							NETGEAR genie Advanced Home42
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 
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, you have to complete these fields manually. 
5. From  the Priority list, select the priority that this device’s traffic should receive relative to 
ot
 her applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. The options are Low, Normal, 
High, and Highest.
6. Click  Apply  to
  save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen.
7. In the QoS Setup screen, select the  T
 urn Internet Access QoS On check box.
8. Click  Apply .
Editing or Deleting an Existing QoS Policy
To edit or delete a QoS policy:
1.Select  Advance d > QoS Setup
  to display the QoS Setup screen.
2. Select the rad io 
 button next to the QoS policy to be edited or deleted, and do one of the 
following:
• Click  Delete  to remove the QoS policy .
• Click  Edit to
  edit the QoS policy. Follow the instructions in the preceding sections to 
change the policy settings.
3. Click  Apply  in the
  QoS Setup screen to save your changes. 
						

							43
5
5.   USB Storage
Accessing and configuring a USB storage drive
This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage drive attached to your router. 
Be aware that the USB port 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.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•USB Drive Requirements 
• ReadySHARE Access 
• File-Sharing Scenarios   
• Basic Settings   
• USB Storage Advanced Settings  
• Safely Remove a USB Drive 
• Media Server Settings 
• Specify Approved USB Devices 
For information about using the ReadySHARE Printer feature, see  Chapter 6, ReadySHARE 
Printer .
For additional about ReadySHARE features, see  www.netgear.com/readyshare.  
						

							USB Storage44
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 
USB Drive Requirements
The router works with 1.0 and 1.1 (USB Full Speed) and 2.0 (USB High Speed) standards. 
The approximate USB bus speeds are shown in the following table. Actual bus speeds can 
vary, depending on the CPU speed, memory, speed of the network, and other variables.
Table 3.  USB Drive Speeds
BusSpeed/Sec
USB 1.1 12 Mbits
USB 2.0 480 Mbits
The router should work with most USB-compliant  external flash and hard drives. For the most 
up-to-date list of USB drives supported by the router, go to:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare
The router supports both read and write for FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, and Linux file systems 
(EXT2 and  EXT3

).
Note:Some USB external hard drives and flash drives require drivers to 
be loaded in to the PC before the PC can access the USB device. 
Such USB devices do not work with the router.
ReadySHARE Access
Once you have set up your router, you c an connect any USB storage device and share the 
contents with other users on your network.
You can access your USB device in any of the following ways:
• On Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vist a, and Windo
 ws 2000 systems, select Start > 
Run, and enter \\readyshare  in the dialog box. Click OK.
• On Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000 systems, open Internet 
Explorer or Sa
 fari, and enter \
eadyshare in the address bar.
• On Mac OS X (version 10.2 or later), enter  sm
 b://readyshare in the address bar.
• In My Network Places, e n
 ter \
eadyshare in the address bar.
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 PC, Mac, or Linux file type including text files, Word, 
PowerPoint, Excel, MP3, pictures, and multimedia. USB drive applications include: 
						

							USB Storage45
 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
•
Sharing multimedia with friends and family such as MP3 files, pictures, and other 
multimedia with local and remote users.
• Sha
ring resources on your network. You might want to 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, an d PC computers by using the USB drive as 
a go-between across the systems.
• Sha
ring files such as Word documents, Powe rPoint presentations, and text files with 
remote users.
A few common uses are described in the following sections.
Sharing Photos 
You can create your own central storage location for photos and multimedia. This eliminates 
the need to log in to (and pay for) an external photo-sharing site.
To share files with your friends and family:
1. I
nsert 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 automatically access this USB drive 
u
sing a web browser or Microsoft Networking.
2. If 
you want to specify read-only access or  to allow access from the Internet, see USB 
Storage Advanced Settings  on p
 age 48.
Storing 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 f
amily member has photos on a Macint osh computer that she wants to print.
• T
he photo-capable color printer is directly attached to a PC, but not shared on the 
network.
• T
he 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 t
he PC, use a web browser or Microsoft Networking to copy the files from the USB drive 
to the PC. Then print the files.
Sharing 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 very 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: 
						

							USB Storage46
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 
•
There are two user accounts: admin and gues t. 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.
• On the FTP site, the person receiving the files should use the guest user account and 
enter

 any password (FTP requires that you type something in the password field).
• Be su re to select the  FTP (via I
 nternet) check box in the USB Storage Advanced 
Settings screen. This option supports both downloading and uploading of files. 
Note: You can enable the HTTP (via Internet) option on the Advanced USB 
Storage screen to share large files. This option supports 
downloading files only.
Basic Settings
You can view or edit basic sett ings for the USB storage device attached to your router. 
You can access this feature by selecting  Basic > Rea
 dySHARE, or Advanced > USB 
Storage > ReadySHARE. 
The USB Storage (Basic Settings) screen displays:
By default, the USB storage device is available to all computers on your local area network 
(LAN). 
The ReadySHARE print feature allows you to share a  printe
 r that you connect to the USB 
port on your router. To use the ReadySHARE print feature on a Windows PC, you need to 
use the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. For information about this feature, see  Chapter 
6, ReadySHARE Printer. 
						

							USB Storage47
 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
To access your USB device:
1.
Click the network device name or the share name in your computer’s network folders 
list.
2. For 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 until you 
log out and then log back in again.
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:
•To add a folder, click  Create
  Network Folder. 
						

							USB Storage48
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 
•
To edit a folder, select its radio button, and then click  Edit.
3. You can use this screen to select a folder, to change the share name, or to change the read 
Acce
 ss or write access from All – no password to  admin. 
The user name (account name) for All – no  password is guest. The p
 assword for admin is 
the same one that is used to log in to the router. By default, it is password.
4. Click  Apply  fo
 r your changes to take effect.
USB Storage Advanced Settings
You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders for your USB device. On 
the Advanced tab, select  USB Storage > Advanced Settings  to display the following 
screen:
You can use this screen to specif y access to the USB storage device. 
• Network De vice 
 Name. The default is readyshare. This  is the name used to access the 
USB device connected to the router. 
• Workgroup . 
 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.
• Access Metho
 d. The access methods are described here.
Network Connection . Enabled by defau
 lt, 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) . Disabled by defau
 lt. 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. 
						

							USB Storage49
 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
FTP
. Disabled by default.
FTP (via internet) . Disabled by d
 efault. 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.
Available Network Folders
You might need to scroll down to view this section of the screen:
• Share Name . If only 1 device is connected, the default share name is USB_Storage. You 
can click the name shown, or y ou 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 the link to change this setting.
• Read/W rite Access . Sho
 ws the permissions and access  controls on the network folder: 
All - no password (the default) allows al l users to access the network folder. The 
password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.
• Folder Name. Full path used by the network folder. 
• Volume Name . V
 olume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
• Total/Free Space. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.
Safely Remove a USB Drive
To safely remove a USB disk drive so that no users can access it, select  USB Storage > 
Basic Settings , and click the Safely Remove USB Device  button. This takes the drive 
offline. 
						

							USB Storage50
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 
Media Server Settings
By default, the router is set up to act as a Ready DLNA Media server, which 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 
Advanced
  > 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.