Netgear R6300 Manual

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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 in the address field of you\
r web 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/W
 rite Access. Shows the permissions and access controls on the network folder: 
All - no password (the default) allows all users to access the network\
 folder. The  password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.\
•     Folder Name. Full path of the network folder
 . 
•     V
olume Name . Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
•     T
otal/Free Space. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.
Safely Remove a USB Drive
To remove a USB disk drive safely, select  USB Storage > Basic Settings, and click the 
Safely Remove USB Device button. This takes the drive offline. 
						

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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’s Digital Entertainer Live.
To view these settings, select  Advanced > USB Storage > Media Server to display the 
following screen:
By default the Enable Media Server check box and the Automatic (when new files are added) 
radio button are selected. When these options are selected, the router s\
cans for media files 
whenever new files are added to the ReadySHARE USB hard drive.
Specify Approved USB Devices
For more security, you can set up the router to share approved USB devices only. You can 
access this feature from the Advanced Setup menu on the Advanced tab. 
						

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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 devices and the available USB devices\
. You can 
remove or add approved USB devices.
3.  T
o add an approved USB device, select it from the Available USB Devices list, and then click 
Add.
4.  Select the  Allow only approved devices  check box.
5.  Click  Apply so that your change takes ef
 fect.
If you want to work with another USB device, first click the Safely Remove USB Device 
button for the currently connected USB device. Connect the other USB dev\
ice, and repeat 
this process. 
						

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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’s USB Drive Remotely Using FTP
To connect to the router’s USB drive using a web browser:
1. Connect to the router 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. Type 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. The 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 printer to the router
 ’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 version and a Windows version, which y\
ou can 
access in two different ways:
•     From the ReadySHARE Printer area of this URL:   www.netgear.com/readyshare
•     From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie. (See Desktop NETGEAR Genie on page  64).
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 running in the background. 
						

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

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6. 
The first time you access the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click the  Connect 
button.
Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually conne\
cted by xxx. 
						

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You can click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. The status 
then changes to Available.
After you click the Connect button once on each computer in the network,\
 the utility on each  of them handles the printing queue and handling. The status of the printer is Available on all of 
the computers.
•     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 val\
ue 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 ab\
le to print to 
the USB printer attached to the router
 . 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.
7.  If your printer supports scanning, make sure that the printer is in the \
 Available state, and 
click the  Network Scanner  button. The Scanner window opens so you can use the printer 
for scanning
.