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 address is also used f
or the From address. If this field is blank, log and alert messages are not sent.
8. In the 
Outgoing Mail Server Port Number field, enter the port number that the mail server uses.
If you do not know the port number, leave the default port number, which is 25.
9. If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select the My Mail Server requires authentication check
box, and do the following:
a.In the User Name field, type the user name for the outgoing email server.
b. In the Password field, type the password for the outgoing email server.
10. T

o send alerts when someone attempts to visit a blocked site, select the Send Alerts Immediately check box.
Email aler

ts are sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.
11. To send logs based on a schedule, specify these settings: Control Access to the Internet
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							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 overwrites the log. Control Access to the Internet
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							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 to
the 
router USB port.
Note
This chapter contains the following sections:
• USB Device Requirements
 on page 94
• Connect a USB De
vice to the Router
 on page 94
• Access a Storage Device Connected to the Router on page 95
• Map a USB De

vice to a Windows Network Drive on page 
96
• Back Up Windows Computers With ReadySHARE Vault
 on page 97
• Bac
k Up Mac Computers With Time Machine on page 
98
• Manage Access to a Storage Device
 on page 100
• Enab
le FTP Access Within Your Network on page 102
• Vie

w Network Folders on a Device on page 104
• Add a Netw

ork Folder on a Storage Device
 on page 105
• Change a Netw
ork Folder, Including Read and Write Access, on a USB Drive on page 
107
• Approve USB Devices
 on page 109
• Safely Remove a USB Device on page 
110
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare
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							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 with compression format enabled
• Ext2
• Ext3
• Ext4
The router supports the following file system types with read-only access:
• HFS
• HFS+
Connect a USB Device to the Router ReadySHARE lets you access and share a USB device connected to the router USB port. (If your USB device uses
special drivers, it is not compatible.) Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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							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 network (LAN).
Access a Storage Device Connected to the Router From a computer or device on the network, you can access a storage device that is connected to the router.
Access the Storage Device From a Windows Computer
To access the storage device from a Windows computer: 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 computers on your local area network (LAN).
3. On a Windows computer that is connected to the network, select Start > Run.
4. Enter \
eadyshare in the dialog box.
5. Click the 
OK button. Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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							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 computers on your local area network (LAN).
3. On a Mac that is connected to the network, launch Finder and select Go > Connect to Server.
The Connect to Ser
ver window displays.
4. In the 
Server Address field, enter smb://readyshare.
5. Click the 
Connect button.
6. When prompted, select the 
Guest radio button.
7. If you set up access control on the router and you allowed your Mac to access the network, select the Registered
User
 radio button and enter admin for the name and password for the password.
F
or more information about access control, see Allow or Block Access to Your Network on page 73.
8. Clic

k the 
Connect button.
A window displays the files and folders on the device.
Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive To map the USB device to a Windows network drive: 1.
Connect a USB storage device to the router's USB port.
If your storage device uses a power supply, you must use it when you connect the device to the router.
When you connect the storage device to the router’s port, it might take up to two minutes before it is ready for
sharing. By default, the device is available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
2. Select 
Start > Run.
3. Enter 
\
eadyshare in the dialog box.
4. Click the 
OK button.
A window automatically opens and displays the USB device. Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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							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 the drive letter that you specified.
Back Up Windows Computers With ReadySHARE Vault Your router comes with free backup software for all the Windows computers in your home. Connect a USB hard
disk drive (HDD) to the router for centralized, continuous, and automatic backup.
The following operating systems support ReadySHARE Vault:
•Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
To back up your Windows computer: 1.
Connect a USB storage device to the router’s USB port.
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 it is ready for
sharing. By default, the device is available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
3. Download ReadySHARE Vault from 
netgear.com/readyshare and install it on each Windows computer.
4. Launch ReadySHARE Vault.
5. Use the dashboard or the 
Backup tab to set up and run your backup. Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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							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 using Time
Machine. The router supports GUID or MBR partitions.
To format your device and specify partitions: 1.
Connect a USB storage device to your Mac.
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 Mac.
3. On your Mac, go to Spotlight (or the magnifying glass) at the top right of the page and search for Disk Utility.
4. Open the Disk Utility, select your USB storage device, click the Erase tab, and click the Erase button.
5. Clic
k the 
Partition tab.
6. In the 
Partition Layout menu, set the number of partitions that you want to use.
7. Click the 
Options button.
The Partition schemes display.
8. Select the 
GUID Partition Table or Master Boot Record radio button.
9. In the 
Format menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
10. Clic
k the 
OK button.
11. Click the 
Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Prepare to Back Up a Large Amount of Data
Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine, we recommend that you follow this procedure. To prepare to back up a large amount of data: 1.
Upgrade the operating system of the Mac computer.
2. Verify and repair the backup disk and the local disk.
3. Verify and repair the permissions on the local disk.
4. Set Energy Saver: Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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							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 Advanced button is grayed out, click the lock icon so that you can change the settings.
c. Clear the Log out after minutes of inactivity check box.
d. Clic

k the OK button.
Y

our settings are saved.
Use Time Machine to Back Up Onto a Storage Device
You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard disk drive (HDD) that is connected to
the router’s USB ports. To back up your Mac onto a USB HDD: 1.
Prepare your USB HDD with a compatible format and partitions.
2. If you plan to back up a large amount of data, see Prepare to Back Up a Large Amount of Data
 on page 98.
3. Connect y
our USB HDD to the router’s USB port.
4. 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 it is ready for
sharing. By default, the device is available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
5. On a Mac computer that is connected to the network, launch Finder and select Go > Connect to Server.
The Connect to Ser

ver window displays.
6. Type 
smb://routerlogin.net and click the Connect button.
7. When prompted, select the 
Registered User radio button. Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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							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
Finder and click that USB partition. It displays in the Time Machine list.
Note
13. When prompted, select the Registered User radio button.
14. Enter 
admin for the name and password for the password and click the Connect button.
The setup is complete and the Mac automatically schedules a full backup. You can back up immediately if you
want.
Manage Access to a Storage Device You can specify the device name, workgroups, and network folders for a storage device connected to the USB port
on the router.To specify the storage device access settings: 1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2. Enter 
http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays. Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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