Netgear R6900 Nighthawk Ac1900 Smart Wifi Router User Manual

4.
Select ADVANCED > Security > E-mail. 5.
Select the 
Turn E-mail Notification On check box.
6. In the 
Your Outgoing Mail Server field, enter the name of your ISP outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as
mail.m
yISP.com).
You might be able to find this information in the configuration window of your email program. If you leave this
field blank, log and alert messages are not sent.
7. In the 
Send to This E-mail Address field, type the email address to which logs and alerts are to be sent.
This email...

a.
From Send logs according to this schedule menu, select the schedule type.
b. From the 
Day menu, select the day.
c. From the 
Time menu, select the time, and select the am or pm radio button.
12. Click the 
Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Logs are sent automatically according to the schedule that you set. If the log fills before the specified time, it is
sent. After the log is sent, it is cleared from the router memory. If the 
router cannot email the log and the log
b
uffer fills, the 
router...

6
Share a Storage Device Attached to the
Router
This chapter describes how to access and manage a storage device attached to your router. ReadySHARE lets you
access and share a stor
age device, such as a USB storage device, connected to the router. (If your storage device uses
special drivers, it is not compatible.) The USB port on the router can be used only to connect a USB storage device such as flash drives
or hard drives or a printer. Do not connect computers, USB modems, CD drives, or DVD drives...

USB Device Requirements
The router works with most USB-compliant external flash and hard drives. For the most up-to-date list of USB devices
that the router supports, visit kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare.
Some USB e
xternal hard drives and flash drives require you to load the drivers onto the computer before the computer
can access the USB device. Such USB devices do not work with the router.
The router supports the following file system types for full read/write access:
• FAT16
• FAT32
• NTFS
• NTFS...

Figure 10. One 3.0 USB port is located on the front panel of the router
To connect a USB device: 1.
Insert your USB storage drive into the USB port on the front panel of the router.
2. If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the router.
When you connect the USB device to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes before it is ready for
sharing. By default, the USB device is available to all computers on your local area...

A window displays the files and folders on the device.
Access the Storage Device From a Mac To access the storage device from a Mac: 1.
Connect a USB storage device to a USB port on the router.
2. If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the router.
When you connect the storage device to the router’s port, it might take up to two minutes before the storage
device is ready for sharing. By default, the device is available to all...

5.
Right-click the USB device and select Map network drive.
The Map Netw
ork Drive window opens.
6. Select the drive letter to map to the new network folder.
7. Click the 
Finish button.
The USB device is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
8. To connect to the USB storage device as a different user, select the Connect using different credentials
chec

k box, click the 
Finish button, and do the following:
a. Type the user name and password.
b. Click the 
OK button.
The USB device is mapped to...

Back Up Mac Computers With Time Machine
You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard drive that is connected to the router’s
USB port. You can access the connected storage device from your Mac with a wired or WiFi connection to your
router.
Set Up a Storage Device on a Mac
We recommend that you use a new USB HDD storage device, or format your old USB HDD storage device to do
the Time Machine backup for the first time. Use a blank partition to prevent some issues during backup...

a.
From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
The System Pref
erences page displays.
b. Select Energy Saver.
The Energy Sa

ver page displays.
c. Click the 
Power Adapter tab.
d. Select the 
Wake for Wi-Fi network access check box.
e
. Click the back arrow to save the changes and exit the page.
5. Modify y

our security settings:
a. From the 
System Preferences page, select Security & Privacy.
The Security & Privacy page displays.
b. Click the 
Advanced button at the bottom of the page.
If the...

8.
Enter admin for the name and password for the password and click the Connect button.
A list of USB devices connected to your router displays.
9. From the 
Apple menu, select System Preferences.
The System Pref
erences window displays.
10. Select Time Machine.
The 

Time Machine window displays.
11. Click the Select Backup Disk button and select your USB device from the list.
12. Clic

k the 
Use Disk button. If you do not see the USB partition that you want in the Time Machine disk list, go to Mac...