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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 window, select  Registered User, and enter 
admin  as the user name and  password as the password. Click  Connect.
• After connecting successfully,  you
  can list your connected devices. Note that you see 
one extra device, called  admin, whenever you log in as admin.
• If you are backing up a large amount of data, befor eyou contineu, see  Before
  You 
Back up a Large Amount of Data  on p
 age 83 .
4. From the Ap ple me
 nu, select System Preferences . Open Time Machine . Click Select 
Disk  and choose the backup disk. Click the Use for Backup  button to complete your 
selection.
If you do not see the USB partition that you want to use for backup in the Time Machine 
di

sk list, go to MAC finder, and click that USB partition.Then that device displays in the 
Time Machine list. 
						

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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.
N
Time Machine
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MMaacchhiinnee kkeeeeppss ddaaiillyy bbaacckkuuppss,, yyoouu ccaann rreevviissiitt yyoouurr MMaacc aass iitt
?
Enter your name and password for the server
“WNDR4500” so that Time Machine can access it.
Connect as:
Name: Guest
Registered User
Password:
admin
CancelConnect
5. Enter the password (the same one you use to log in to the router as admin) and backup 
begins.
T_Drive
iDisk
Remote Disc
NO NAME
Mac OS X Install DVD
Desktop
tecqa
Applications
Documents
Today
Yesterday
Past Week
All Images
All Movies
All Documents WNDR3800
DEVICES
SHARED
PLACES
SEARCH FOR
999.54 GB available
Disconnect
WNDR4500
Connected as: admin
admin
S_Drive
T_Drive
USB_Storage
  
						

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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 menu, select  En
 ergy Saver.
c. On the  Energy Saver screen, select Wake for Ethernet network access .
d.Click the Back arrow to exit this screen. Your changes will be saved. 
5. Modify your Security settings. 
a. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
b. From the View menu, select  Se
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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
  Partition Table or Master Boot Record  (MBR).
6. Click  OK. 
						

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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 Triggering 
• Dynamic DNS 
• Static Routes 
• Remote Management 
• USB Settings 
• Universal Plug and Play 
• IPv6 
• Traffic Meter  
						

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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 disabled, other members of your household 
can use the router by connecting their computers to the router with an Ethernet cable. 
Note: The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble 
Mode options are reserved for wireless testing and advanced 
configuration only. Do not change these settings.
Turn off wireless signal by schedule . You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal 
from your router at times when you do not  need a wireless connection. For instance, you 
could turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.
WPS Settings .You can ad
 d WPS devices to your network. 
AP Mode . You can make
  the WNDR4500 function as an access point.
Wireless Card Access List.  Click the Set Up Ac cess List bu
 tton display the Wireless Card 
Access List screen. On this screen you can restrict access to your netwo rk to specific devices 
based on their MAC address.  
						

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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 be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to 
link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 8. Wireless repeating scenario
Note: If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either 
WEP or None as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen. 
The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode Up to 
54 Mbps in the Wireless Settings screen.
Wireless Base Station . The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and 
from the child repeater access point, as well  as handling wireless and wired local computers.  
						

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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 wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless 
base station or wireless repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you 
enable the wireless base station in either  radio band and use the other radio band as a 
wireless router or wireless base statio n, dual band concurrent mode is not affected.
For you to set up a wireless network with WDS, the following conditions have to be met for 
b oth access p

oints:
• Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channe
l, an
 d encryption mode.
• Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point 
L
 AN IP addresses are in the same network.
• All LAN devices (wired and  wirele
 ss computers) have to be configured to operate in the 
same LAN network address range as the access points.
Wireless Repeating Function 
Select  Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating  to view or change wireless 
repeater settings for the router.
Scroll to view 
more settings
• Enable Wireless Repeating Function. Select the check box for the 2.4  GHz or 5 GHz 
network t
o use the wireless repeating function. 
						

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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 Wireless Client Association . If your rou
 ter is the repeater, selecting this check 
box means that wireless clients  cannot associate with it. Only LAN client associations are 
allowed.
- If you are 
 setting up a point-to-point  bridge, select this check box. 
- If you wan
 t all client traffic to go through the other access point (repeater with wireless 
client association), leave this check box cleared.
Base Station MAC Address . If your route
 r is the repeater, enter the MAC address for the 
access point that is the base station.
• W
ireless Base Station . If your router is the base station, select this check box.
Disable Wireless Client Association . If your rou
 ter is the base station, selecting this 
check box means that wireless clients c annot associate with it. Only LAN client 
associations are allowed.
Repeater MAC Address (1 through 4) . If your route
 r is the base station, it can act as the 
“parent” of up to 4 other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the other access 
points in these fields.
Set Up the Base Station 
The wireless repeating function works only  in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be 
daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless se ttings for both units. You have to know the 
MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.
To set up the base station:
1. Set up bo
 th units with exactly the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and 
security). Note that the wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.