Netgear Pr2000 Trek N300 Travel Router And Range Extender User Manual

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Enhance Your Local Network
Find the USB port on your Trek.
WiFi
USB
USB
LAN
Internet/LAN
Reset
NETGEAR
Power
Internet
USB port
Figure 15. USB port
You can use the USB port for any of the following applications in the fol\
lowing ways:
• Network storage. Back up the files on your computers and digital devices to a network 
drive. For more information, see Set Up Network Storage on page  72.
• ReadySHARE Access . Share the files on your network drive with local and remote 
computers and digital devices. For more information, see Access and Share Your 
Network Storage on page  81.
• ReadySHARE Printer . Send the files on your computers and digital devices to a network 
printer
 . For more information, see Set Up a Network Printer on page  85.
• ReadySHARE Mobile. Connect your local network to your cellular data service (this 
feature is available only in certain regions). For more information, se\
e Cellular 
Connection Setup on page  23. 
• Auxiliary power outlet . Power or recharge a USB device. For more information, see 
Power or Recharge a USB Device on page  90.
The USB port on the Trek can connect only USB devices such as flash drives or USB hard  drives, USB printers, and USB power-compatible devices.
Do not connect computers, USB modems, USB hubs, CD drives, or DVD drives\
 to the Trek’s 
USB port. 
						

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Set Up Network Storage
You can back up the files on your local computers and digital devices to a network drive. 
ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB drive connected the Trek’s USB port. 
The Trek works with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives. If your USB device 
requires nonstandard drivers, it is not compatible. For the most up-to-date list of USB drives 
supported by the Trek, visit kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare.
Connect or Safely Remove a USB Drive
The Trek supports both read and write for FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, and Linux file systems 
(EXT2 and EXT3). Some USB external hard drives and flash drives require drivers to be 
loaded into the Windows computer before the Windows computer can access the USB 
device. Such USB devices do not work with the Trek.
To physically disconnect a USB drive from the Trek USB port, first log in to the Trek and then 
safely remove it.
To connect a USB storage device:
1. Insert your USB storage device into the USB port of the Trek.
For information about how to locate the USB port, see Enhance Your Local Network on 
page 71.
2. If your USB device has a power supply, you must use it when you connect the USB device 
to the Trek.
It might take up to two minutes before the USB device is ready for sharing.
To remove a USB disk drive safely: 
1. Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the Trek.
2. Enter www.routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3. Enter the Trek user name and password.
The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4. Click the OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays. 
						

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5. 
Select  BASIC > ReadySHARE.
6. Click the  Safely Remove USB Device  button. 
This takes the drive offline.
7.  Physically disconnect the USB drive.
View or Configure a USB Drive
You can view or configure your USB storage device:
• V
iew the basic information about the drive.
•Set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders.
• V
iew or change the network folders.
•For more security
 , share only approved USB devices.
To view basic information about the USB storage device:
1. Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected\
 to the T
 rek.
2.  Enter  www
 .routerlogin.net  or www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3.  Enter the T
 rek user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4.  Click the  OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays. 
						

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5. 
Select  BASIC > ReadySHARE .
The screen displays a USB storage device if it is attached to the Trek USB port.
If you logged in to the Trek before you connected your USB device, you might not see 
your USB device in this screen. If this happens, log out and then log ba\
ck in.
6.  T
o view the files and folders on the USB device, click the network device\
 name or the share 
name.
7.  T
o view more detail or to change the USB device settings, click the  Edit button. 
The USB Storage (Advanced Settings) screen displays. For more informat\
ion, see  Configure the USB Storage Device and Access Settings  on page
  74.
Configure the USB Storage Device and Access Settings
You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network folders for your \
USB device. 
To view or change the USB storage advanced settings:
1. Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected\
 to the T
 rek.
2.  Enter  www
 .routerlogin.net or  www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3.  Enter the T
 rek user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4.  Click the  OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays. 
						

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5. 
Select  BASIC > ReadySHARE.
6. Click the  Edit button.
7. To specify access to the USB storage device, provide the following inform\
ation:
• Network Device Name. 
 The default is readyshare. This name is the name used to 
access the USB device connected to the Trek. 
• W
orkgroup. If you are using a Windows workgroup rather than a domain, the 
workgroup name displays here. The name works only in an operating system that 
supports NetBIOS, such as Microsoft Windows.
• Access Method . Select the check boxes for the access methods that you want:
- Network Neighborhood/MacShare. Enabled by default.
- HTTP . Enabled by default. 
 You can type readyshare.routerlogin.net/shares to 
access the USB drive. 
						

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HTTP (via Internet). Disabled by default. If you enable this feature, remote users 
can type http:// (for example,  http://1.1.10.102/shares) 
or a URL domain name to access the USB drive over the Internet. This feature 
supports file uploading only.
- FTP . Disabled by default.
- FTP (via Internet) . Disabled by default. If you select this check box, remote users 
can access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. 
 This feature supports 
both downloading and uploading of files.
8.  If you changed the settings, click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Configure the Available Network Folders
You can view or change the network folders on the USB storage device.
To view network folders:
1.  Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected\
 to the T
 rek.
2.  Enter  www
 .routerlogin.net or  www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3.  Enter the T
 rek user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4.  Click the  OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.  Select  BASIC > ReadySHARE . 
						

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6. 
Click the  Edit button.
7. Scroll down to the Available Networks Folder section of the screen. The following 
information displays:
• Share Name. If only one device is connected, the default share name is 
USB_Storage.
You can click the name, or you can type it in the address field of your w\
eb browser. If  Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted, and no other sh\
are for the 
root folder exists. Click the link to change this setting.
• Read 
Access and Write Access. Show the permissions and access controls on the 
network folder. All – no password (the default) allows all users to access the netw\
ork 
folder. The password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the Trek.
• Folder Name. Full path of the network folder
 . 
• V
olume Name . Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
• T
otal Space and Free Space. Show the current utilization of the storage device.
To add a network folder:
1. Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected\
 to the T
 rek.
2.  Enter  www
 .routerlogin.net  or www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3.  Enter the T
 rek user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4.  Click the  OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays. 
						

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5. 
Select  BASIC > ReadySHARE .
6. Click the  Edit button.
7. Click the  Create Network Folder  button. 
						

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If the Create Network Folder screen does not display, your web browser might be 
blocking pop-ups. If it is, then change the browser settings to allow po\
p-ups. 
8.  Click the  Browse button next to the Folder field, and select the folder
 . 
9.  Enter a name in the  Share Name field. 
10.  In the Read Access list and the  W
 rite Access list, select the settings that you want.
The user name (account name) for All – no password is guest. The password for admin is  the same one that is used to log in to the T
 rek. By default, it is password.
11.  Click the  Apply button.
The folder is added on the USB device.
To edit a network folder:
1.  Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected\
 to the T
 rek.
2.  Enter  www
 .routerlogin.net  or www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3.  Enter the T
 rek user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4.  Click the  OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.  Select  BASIC > ReadySHARE. 
						

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6. 
Click the  Edit button.
7. Click the  Edit button.
The Edit Network Folder screen displays the same settings shown in the C\
reate Network  Folder screen.
8.  Change the settings in the fields as needed.
9.  Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Specify Approved USB Devices
For more security, you can set up the Trek to share only approved USB devices.
To set up approved USB devices:
1.  Launch your browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected\
 to the T
 rek.
2.  Enter  www
 .routerlogin.net or  www.routerlogin.com in the web browser address bar.
The login screen displays.
3.  Enter the T
 rek user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
4.  Click the  OK button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.