Netgear Pr2000 Trek N300 Travel Router And Range Extender User Manual

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5. 
Select  ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > USB Settings.
6. Click the Approved Devices button. 
This screen shows the approved USB devices and the available USB devices\
.
7.  In the 
Available USB Devices list, select the drive that you want to approve.
8. Click the  Add button.
9.  Select the  Allow only approved devices  check box.
10.  Click the  Apply button.
Your change takes effect.
If you want to work with another USB device, first click the Safely Remove USB Device 
button for the currently connected USB device and physically remove the \
device. Connect 
the other USB device and repeat this process. For more information, see \
Connect or Safely 
Remove a USB Drive on page  72.
Access and Share Your Network Storage
You can share files on the USB drive for a wide variety of business and r\
ecreational 
purposes. The files can be Windows, Mac, or Linux file types (NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, Ext 3, 
Ext 4), including text, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MP3, picture, and multimedia files.
Common Uses of Network Sharing
USB drive applications include the following:
• Sharing multimedia such as MP3 files, pictures, and other multimedia wit\
h local and 
remote users.
• Sharing resources on your network. 
 You can 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  
						

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files between Macintosh, Linux, and Windows computers by using the USB drive as a 
go-between across the systems.
•Sharing large files such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and text files 
with remote users.
Share Photos and Multimedia
You can create your own central storage location for photos and multimedia. This method 
eliminates the need to log in to (and pay for) an external photo-sharing site.
To share photos and multimedia with your friends and family:
1. Insert your USB drive into the USB port on the Trek either directly or with a USB cable.
Computers on your local area network (LAN) can automatically access this USB drive 
using a web browser or Microsoft Networking.
2. If you want to specify read-only access or to allow access from the Internet, see Configure 
the USB Storage Device and Access Settings on page 74.
Print High-Quality Photos from a Nonshared Printer
You can print high-quality photos from a nonshared printer. This scenario is for a family that 
does not have a print server:
•A family member has photos on a Macintosh computer and wants to print them.
•The photo-capable color printer is directly attached to a Windows computer, but not 
shared on the network.
•The Mac and the Windows computer are not visible to each other on the network.
To print high-quality photos from a nonshared printer, do one of the following:
•On the Mac, access the USB drive by typing \
eadyshare in the address field of a web 
browser. Then copy the photos to the USB drive.
•On a Window computer, use a web browser or Microsoft Networking to copy the files from 
the USB drive to the computer. Then print the files.
You can also set up a network printer. For more information, see Set Up a Network Printer on 
page 85.
Send Large Files over the Internet
Sending files that are larger than 5 MB can pose a problem for many email systems. The 
Trek allows you to share large files such as PowerPoint presentations or .zip files over the 
Internet. You can use FTP to download shared files from the Trek.
Sharing files with a remote colleague involves the following considerations:
•The two user accounts are admin and guest. The password for admin is the same one 
that you use to access the Trek. By default, it is password. The guest user account has 
no password. 
						

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•On the FTP site, the person receiving the files uses the guest user account and enters 
the password. FTP requires that you type something in the password field.
•Be sure to select the FTP (via Internet) check box in the USB Storage (Advanced 
Settings) screen. This option supports both downloading and uploading of files. 
Note:You can select the HTTP (via Internet) check box on the USB 
Storage (Advanced Settings) screen to share large files. This option 
supports downloading files only.
For more information, see Access Your USB Storage Device Remotely on page 84.
Access Your USB Storage Device Locally
When you connect the USB device to the Trek USB port, it might take up to two minutes 
before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB storage device is available to all computers 
on your local area network (LAN).
To access the USB device from a local Mac computer: 
1. Select Go > Connect to Server.
2. Enter smb://readyshare as the server address.
3. Click the Connect button.
To access the USB device from a local Windows computer: 
Use any of these methods:
•Select Start > Run. Enter \
eadyshare in the dialog box and click the OK button. 
•Open a browser and enter \
eadyshare in the address bar.
•Open My Network Places and enter \
eadyshare in the address bar. 
To map the USB device to a local Windows network drive: 
1. Visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2. In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click the PC Utility link.
The readyshareconnect.exe file is downloaded to your computer. 
						

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3. 
Launch  readyshareconnect.exe.
4. Select the drive letter that you want to map to the network folder.
5.  If you want to connect to the USB drive as a dif
 ferent user, select the Connect using 
different credentials check box.
a. T
ype the user name and password that you want to use.
b.  Click the OK button.
6.  Click the  Finish button.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
Access Your USB Storage Device Remotely
When you connect the USB device to the Trek USB port, it might take up to two minutes 
before it is ready for sharing. You can access your USB storage device remotely.
To access the USB drive from a remote computer:
1.  Launch a web browser
 .
2.  Connect using the T
 rek’s Internet port IP address. 
If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather than the\
 IP address. 
Y
 ou can view the Trek’s Internet IP address on the BASIC Home screen (see  Internet 
Setup on page   37.
To use remote FTP access, make sure that the FTP check box is selected in the 
 Access 
Method section of the USB Storage (Advanced Settings) screen. For more\
 information, see 
Configure the USB Storage Device and Access Settings  on page
  74.
To access the USB drive with FTP from a remote computer:
1. Launch a web browser
 .
2.  T
ype  ftp:// and the Internet port IP address in the address field of the browser. 
For example, type ftp://10.1.65.4.  
						

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If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name rather than the IP address.
3. Type the account name and password for the account that has access rights to the USB 
drive. 
The user name (account name) for All – no password is guest. 
The directories of the USB drive that your account has access to display. For example, 
you could see share/partition1/directory1. You can now read and copy files 
from the USB directory.
To access the USB drive with ReadySHARE access from the Internet:
You can access your USB device in any of the following ways:
•On Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000 
systems, select Start > Run, and enter \
eadyshare in the dialog box. Click the OK 
button.
•On Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000 
systems, open Internet Explorer or Safari, and enter \
eadyshare in the address bar.
•On Mac OS X (version 10.2 or later), enter smb://readyshare in the address bar.
•In My Network Places, enter \
eadyshare in the address bar.
For more information about ReadySHARE access for USB storage devices, visit 
www.netgear.com/readyshare.
Set Up a Network Printer
The ReadySHARE Printer utility allows you to control from your computer a shared USB 
printer that is connected to the USB port on your Trek. You can share this USB printer among 
the Windows and Mac computers on your network.
You must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. For this 
feature to work, the following conditions must be met:
•This utility must be installed and running in the background on each computer from which 
you want to control this USB printer.
•The driver software for the USB printer must be installed on each computer from which 
you want to control this USB printer.
The ReadySHARE Printer utility has both a Mac version and a Windows version. The 
ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file and instructions are available at 
www.netgear.com/readyshare. After you install the ReadySHARE Printer utility, it displays on 
your computer as the NETGEAR USB Control Center.
To set up ReadySHARE Printer:
1. Using a USB printer cable, connect a USB printer to the Trek’s USB port.
For information about how to locate the USB port, see Enhance Your Local Network on 
page 71. 
						

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2. 
Install the USB printer driver software  on each computer that shares the printer. 
If you do not have the printer driver, contact the printer manufacturer.
3.  On each computer that shares the printer
 , download the NETGEAR USB Control Center 
utility. 
The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version, which y\
ou can  access in two dif
 ferent ways:
• From the ReadySHARE Printer area of the page you access from 
www.netgear.com/readyshare .
•From the ReadySHARE section of the desktop NETGEAR genie.
For more information, see NETGEAR genie App and Mobile genie App  on page
  34.
Note:You must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE 
Printer feature. For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this 
utility must be running in the background.
4.  Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utilit\
y
. 
						

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5. 
After you install the utility, select a language.
If this setup is the first time you are accessing the utility, you are asked to select the 
printer.
6.  Click the  Connect button. 
						

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Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually conne\
cted by xxx.
7. 
Click the  Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. 
The status then changes to Available.
For each computer, after you click the Connect and Disconnect buttons once, the utility 
automatically handles the printing queue. The status of the printer displays as Available on all 
the computers. Here are the rules of operation:
• When the status is 
 Available, you can use the USB printer.
• When the status is Manually connected by  xxx, 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 times out (the default time-out value is 30 second\
s). 
						

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•
You can set the value for the default time-out time from the Control Cent\
er - 
Configuration screen
.
• The USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to print\
 to the USB 
printer attached to the T
 rek. If you exit the utility, printing does not work.
• Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print util\
ity 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.
8.  If your printer supports scanning, make sure that the printer is in the \
 Available state and click 
the  Network Scanner  button. 
This step activates the scanner window so that you can use the printer f\
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Power or Recharge a USB Device
When your Trek is powered by an AC wall outlet, you can power or recharge a USB device 
from the Trek’s USB port. For example, you can use the USB port to recharge your cell 
phone. For information about how to locate the USB port, see 
Enhance Your Local Network 
on page 71.
When the Trek is powered from a micro USB cable, you cannot use the Trek’s USB port as 
an auxiliary power source. For more information about your choices of providing power to the 
Trek, see 
Power Inputs on page 13.
The maximum power that is supplied by the Trek’s USB port is a current of 900 mA at 5 volts. 
To find out how much current your USB device draws, see the manual that came with your 
device.