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To set up approved USB devices:
1.
Select  Advanced > Advanced Setup > USB Settings. The following screen 
displays:
2. Click the Approved Devices  button. The USB Drive Approved Devices screen displays:
This screen shows the approved USB device s and the available USB devices. You can 
remove or add approved USB devices.
3. To add an approved USB device, select it from the Available USB Devices list, and then click 
Add .
4. Select th e Allo
 w only approved devices  check box.
5. Click  Appl
 y so that your change takes effect. 
						

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If you want to work with another USB device, you have to first click the 
Safely Remove USB 
Device  button for the currently connected USB device. Connect the other USB device, and 
repeat this process.
Connect to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer
To connect to the USB drive from remote computers with a web browser, you have to use the 
router’s Internet port IP address. If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, 
rather than the IP address. You can view the router’s Internet IP address from the dashboard 
on the Basic Home screen or the Advanced Home screen.
Access the Router’s USB Dr ive Remotely Using FTP
To connect to the router’s USB drive using a web browser:
1.Connect to the ro
 uter by typing ftp:// and the Internet port IP address in the address 
field of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, for example:
ftp://10.1.65.4 
If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather than the IP address.
2. T
ype the account name and password that has access rights to the USB drive. The user 
name (account name) for All – no password is  guest. 
3. Th
e directories of the USB drive that your account has access to are displayed, for example, 
share/partition1/directory1. You can now read and copy files from the USB directory. 
						

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6.   ReadySHARE Printer
ReadySHARE Printer is compatible with Macs and Windows PCs. It lets you connect a USB 
printer to the router’s USB port, and access it wirelessly. 
This chapter contains the following sections:
•ReadySHARE Printer 
• USB Control Center Utility 
• Desktop NETGEAR genie 
For additional about ReadySHARE features, see  www.netgear.com/readyshare.  
						

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ReadySHARE Printer
You can connect a USB printer to the router’s USB port, and share it among Windows and 
Mac computers on the network. 
To set up ReadySHARE Printer:
1.
Connect the USB printe r to the rou
 ter’s USB port with a USB printer cable.
2. Install the USB printer driver software  on each 
 computer that will share the printer. If you do 
not have the printer driver, contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most 
recent printer driver software.
3. On each computer that will share the  printer
 , download the NETGEAR USB Control Center 
utility. The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac ve rsion and a Windows version, which you can 
access in two different ways:
• From the Read ySHARE Printer are
 a of this URL:  
www.netgear.com/readyshare
• From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR genie. (See  Desktop 
NETGEAR genie  on pag
 e 62).
Note: You have to install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE 
Printer feature. For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this 
utility has to be runing in the background. 
						

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4.
Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.
5. After you have installed the utility, select the language. 
						

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6.
If this is the first time you are accessing t he utility, you are asked to select the printer and 
click the Connect  button.
Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually connected by  xxx. 
						

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Note that you can click the 
Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. The 
status then changes to Available.
Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all of the computers in the network, 
the utility on each of them automatically  handles the printing queue and handling. The 
status of the printer should appear as Available on all of the computers.
• When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer.
• When the status is Manually connected by  xx
 x, only the  xxx computer can use the 
printer. Other network devices must wait until the  xxx computer has released the 
connection, or until the connection time s out (the default time-out value is 30 
seconds). 
						

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•
You can set the value for the default time-out time from the Tools > Configuration 
screen
.
• The  USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to be able to print to 
the USB printer att
 ached to the router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work.
• Some  firewall software, such as Comodo,  blocks th
 e ReadySHARE Print utility from 
accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the printer in the utility, you can disable 
the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
7. If your printer supports scanning, make sure that the printer is in the Available state, and 
click the 
 Network Scanner  button. This activates the Scanner window so you can use the 
printer for scanning
. 
						

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USB Control Center Utility
The USB Control Center Utility allows you to control a shared USB device from your 
computer that is connected to the USB port on yo
ur router. The utility allows you to control a 
printer, a scanner, or an audio speaker. 
The utility has to be installed on each computer on your network from which you want to 
c o

ntrol the device. You can download this utility for PC and Mac at 
www.netgear.com/landing/en-us/readyshare.aspx .
When you launch the USB Control Center Utility,  a screen similar to the
  following displays:
This is the main screen, which shows a device icon, the description for this USB device, and 
its status.
Available. The device is ava

ilable from the computer that you are using.
Waiting to Connect . You ne
 ed to connect to this device from the computer that you are 
using. If this is the first time you are connecting, you might be prompted to install the device 
driver.
Menu selections:
• System . Exit the  util
 ity.
• Tools . Access the Cont
 rol Center Configuration to set up your shared USB device. See 
the following section,  Control Center Configuration .
• Abou t. V
 iew details about the USB Control Center software. 
						

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Control Center Configuration
Select Tools >Configuration
 to display the following screen:
Automatically execute when logging on Windows . Enable this utility to start automatically 
when you are logged in to Windows.
Timeout . Specify the timeo

ut value for holding the USB resource when it is not in use.
Language. Select t he displa
 y language for this utility.
USB Printer
The first time you use a printer, you need to click  Connect. You might be asked to install the 
driver for this printer. After the driver is installed, the printer status changes to Available.
Note: Some USB printers (for example: HP and Lexmark printer) request 
that Do not connect the USB cable until you are prompted by the 
installation software in their installation.
If the USB printer is detected and connected automatically, you need to disconnect the 
printer, and then wait for the prompt asking you to click Connect .