Netgear Wndr4300v2 N750 Wifi Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition User Manual

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The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS .
5. Select the Use a Dynamic DNS Service  check box.
6.  In the Service Provider list, select NETGEAR.
7.  Select the No radio button.
8.  In the Host Name field, type the name that you want to use for your URL.
The host name is sometimes called the domain name. Your free URL includes the host  name that you specify and ends with mynetgear
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The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Settings > Dynamic DNS .
The Dynamic DNS screen displays.
5.  Select the  Use a Dynamic DNS Service  check box.
6. In the Service Provider  list, select your provider.
7.  Select the  Ye
 s radio button.
The screen adjusts and displays the Show Status, Cancel, and  Apply buttons.
8.  In the Host Name  field, type the host name (sometimes called the domain name) for your\...

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The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS.
The Dynamic DNS screen displays.
5. Change your DDNS account settings as necessary.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Set Up Your Personal FTP Server
To set up your personal account and use FTP:
1. Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain...

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8.   Share a USB Printer
The ReadySHARE Printer utility lets you share a USB printer that is connected to the USB port 
on your router. You can share this USB printer among the Windows and Mac computers on your 
network. 
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer 
•Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility 
•Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility 
•Use the Shared Printer 
•View or Change the Status of a Printer 
•Use the Scan Feature of a...

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Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer
Some USB printer manufacturers (for example, HP and Lexmark) request t\
hat you do not 
connect the USB cable until the installation software prompts you to do \
so.
To install the driver and cable the printer:
1. 
On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer
 , install the driver 
software for the USB printer.
If the printer driver is not installed, contact the printer manufacturer\
.
2.  Use a USB...

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2. 
In the ReadySHARE Printer pane, click the  PC Utility or Mac Utility link.
3.  Follow the onscreen instructions to download the file.
Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
You must install the ReadySHARE Printer utility on each computer that wil\
l share the printer. 
After you install it, the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center\
 on your computer.
To install the utility:
1.  Double-click the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file that you...

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3. 
Select a language from the list and click the  OK button.
Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks NETGEAR USB Control Cente\
r from 
accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer displayed in the screen, you 
can disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
4.  Select the printer and click the  Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer . Now
 , only your 
computer can use the...

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To print and release the printer to any computer on the network:
1. 
T
o print your document, use the print feature in your application.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center automatically connects your computer to t\
he USB printer and prints the document. If another computer is already connecte\
d to the printer
 , 
your print job goes into a queue to wait to be printed.
2.  If your document does not print, use the NETGEAR USB Control Center to c\
heck the status....

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Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer \
for scanning. For 
example, the USB printer displayed in the Windows Printers and Faxes win\
dow is ready for 
print jobs.
To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer:
1. 
Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
2. Make sure that the printer status shows as Available.
3.  C
lick the Network Scanner  button. 
The scanner...

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Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings
You can stop the NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically w\
hen you log in 
to Windows. You can also change the language and specify the time-out to release the \
printer connection.
To turn off automatic NETGEAR USB Control Center startup:
1.  Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
2. Select  Tools > Configuration.
3.  Clear the  Automatically execute when logging on W
 indows check box.
4.  Click...