Netgear R7500v2 Nighthawk Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router 802 11ac User Manual

							•Days to Block. Select the check box for each day that you want to block the keywords, or select
the Every Day check box, which automatically selects the check boxes for all days.
•Time of Day to Block. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format, or select All Day for 24-hour
blocking.
6.Select your time zone from the list.
7.If you live in a region that observes daylight saving time, select the Automatically adjust for daylight
savings time check box.
8.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer
You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking.The computer you exempt must be assigned a fixed
IP address.You can use the reserved IP address feature to specify the IP address. See Manage Reserved
LAN IP Addresses on page 132.
To specify a trusted computer:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
2.Type 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.
4.Select ADVANCED > Security > Block Sites.
5.Scroll down and select the Allow trusted IP address to visit blocked sites check box.
6.In the Trusted IP Address field, enter the IP address of the trusted computer.
7.Click the Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Set Up Security Event Email Notifications
The router can email you its logs of router activity.The log records router activity and security events such
as attempts to access blocked sites or services.
To set up email notifications:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
2.Type http://www.routerlogin.net.
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							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.
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.myISP.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 for the From address. If this field is blank, log and alert messages are
not sent.
8.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.
9.To send alerts when someone attempts to visit a blocked site, select the Send Alerts Immediately
check box.
Email alerts are sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.
10.To send logs based on a schedule, specify these settings:
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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.
11.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 buffer fills, the router overwrites the log.
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							6
Share Storage Devices Attached to the
Router
This chapter describes how to access and manage storage devices attached to your router. ReadySHARE
lets you access and share storage devices, such as a USB or eSATA storage device, connected to the router.
(If your storage device uses special drivers, it is not compatible.)
The USB ports on the router can be used only to connect USB storage devices like 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:
•Connect an eSATA Device to the Router on page 65
•USB Device Requirements on page 65
•Connect a USB Device to the Router on page 65
•Access a Storage Device That Is Connected to the Router From a Mac on page 66
•Access a Storage Device Connected to the Router From a Windows Computer on page 68
•Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive on page 68
•Back Up Windows Computers With ReadySHARE Vault on page 69
•Back Up Mac Computers With Time Machine on page 69
•Control Access to a Storage Device on page 72
•Use FTP Within the Network on page 73
•View or Change Network Folders on a Device on page 74
•Add a Network Folder on a Storage Device on page 75
•Edit a Network Folder on a Storage Device on page 76
•Approve USB Devices on page 77
•Safely Remove a USB Device on page 78
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
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							Connect an eSATA Device to the Router
You can connect an eSATA device to the eSATA port located on the right side of the router.
Figure 9. eSATA port
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 http://kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare.
Some USB external 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
•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.)
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							Figure 10.Two 3.0 USB ports are located on the side of the router
To connect a USB device:
1.Insert your USB storage drive into a USB port on the side 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 That Is Connected to the Router From
a Mac
From a computer or device on the network, you can access a storage device that is connected to the
router.
To access the device from a Mac:
1.Connect a USB or eSATA storage device to the appropriate port on the router.
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.On a Mac that is connected to the network, select Go > Connect to Server.
3.In the Server Address field, enter smb://readyshare.
4.When prompted, select the Guest radio button.
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. For
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							more information about access control, see the user manual, which is available online at
http://downloadcenter.netgear.com or through a link in the router’s user interface.
5.Click the Connect button.
A window automatically opens and displays the files and folders on the device.
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							Access a Storage Device Connected to the Router From a
Windows Computer
To access the device from a Windows computer:
1.Connect a USB or eSATA storage device to the appropriate port on the router.
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 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 or eSATA storage device to the appropriate port on the router.
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.
5.Right-click the USB device and select Map network drive.
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 check box, click the Finish button, and do the following:
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							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) or an eSATA storage device to the router for centralized, continuous, and
automatic backup.
The following operating systems support ReadySHARE Vault:
•Windows XP SP3
•Windows 7
•Windows 8
•Windows 8.1
To back up your Windows computer:
1.Connect a USB HDD or eSATA storage device to the appropriate port on the router.
2.Download ReadySHARE Vault from http://www.netgear.com/readyshare and install it on each Windows
computer.
3.Launch ReadySHARE Vault.
4.Use the dashboard or the Backup tab to set up and run your backup.
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
one of the router’s USB ports or an eSATA storage device connected to the router's eSATA port.You can
access the connected storage device from your Mac with a wired or wireless connection to your router.
Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac
NETGEAR recommends that you use a new USB HDD or eSATA storage device, or format your old USB
HDD or eSATA 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.
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							To format your USB hard disk drive and specify partitions:
1.Physically connect the USB HDD or eSATA storage device to your Mac.
2.On your Mac, go to Spotlight (or the magnifying glass) at the top right of the page and search for
Disk Utility.
3.Open the Disk Utility, select your USB HDD or eSATA storage device, click the Erase tab, and click
the Erase button.
4.Click the Partition tab.
5.In the Partition Layout menu, set the number of partitions that you want to use.
6.Click the Options button.
The Partition schemes display.
7.Select the GUID Partition Table or Master Boot Record radio button.
8.In the Format menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
9.Click the OK button.
10.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, NETGEAR recommends 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:
a.From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
The System Preferences window displays.
b.Select Energy Saver.
The Energy Saver 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 screen.
5.Modify your security settings:
a.From the System Preferences window, select Security & Privacy.
The Security & Privacy page displays.
b.Click the Advanced button at the bottom of the page.
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