Netgear R6200 Manual

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•Sharing multimedia with friends and family such as MP3 files, pictures, and other 
multimedia with 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 
files between Macintosh, Linux, and PC computers by using the USB drive as a 
go-between across the systems.
•Sharing files such as Word documents,...

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•
There are two user accounts: admin and guest. 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 uses the guest user acco\
unt 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...

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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. If this 
happens, log out and then log back in.
To add or edit a network folder:
1.Either select  Basic > ReadySHARE or select  Advanced > USB Storage >...

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3.
You can use this screen to select a folder, change the share name, or change the read 
access or write access from All – no password to  admin. 
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 router. By default, it is pas\
sword.
4. Click  Apply  for your changes to take ef
 fect.
USB Storage Advanced Settings
You can set up the device name, workgroups, and network...

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FTP
. Disabled by default.
FTP (via Internet). Disabled by default. 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 you can type it...

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2.
Click the  Safely Remove USB Device  button. 
This takes the drive offline.
Media Server Settings
By default, the router is set up to act as a Ready DLNA Media server. This setting lets you 
view movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP AV–compliant media players, such as Xbox360, 
Playstation, and NETGEAR media players.
To view the media server settings:
Select  Advanced > USB Storage > Media Server to display the following screen:
By default, the Enable Media...

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Specify Approved USB Devices
For more security, you can set up the router to share approved USB devices only. 
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 devices and the available USB devices\
. You can 
remove or add approved USB devices.
3. T
o add an approved...

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Connect to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer
To connect to the USB drive from remote computers with a web browser, 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 USB Drive Remotely Using FTP
To connect to the router’s USB drive using a...

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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 USB port, and access it wirelessly. 
This chapter contains the following sections:
•ReadySHARE Printer 
•USB Control Center Utility This activates the scanner window to perform scans. 
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’ USB port, and share it among Windows and 
Mac computers on the network. 
To set up ReadySHARE Printer:
1.
Connect the USB printer to the router USB port with a USB printer cable.\
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 to find and download the most 
recent printer...