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
 .com. For example, specify 
MyName.mynetgear.com.
9.  In the Email field, type the email address for your account.
10.  In the Password (6-32 characters) field, type the password for your account.
11.  Click the  Register button.
12.  Follow the onscreen instructions to register for your NETGEAR Dynamic DN\
S service.
Specify a DNS Account That You Already Created
If you already created a Dynamic DNS account with NETGEAR, No-IP, or Dyn, you can set 
up the router to use your account.
To set up Dynamic DNS if you already created an account:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive. 
						

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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\
 
account.
9.  For a No-IP or Dyn account, in the  User Name field, type the user name for your account.
10.  For a NETGEAR account at No-IP
 , in the Email field, type the email address for your 
account.
11.  In the Password (6-32 characters) field, type the password for your DDNS account.
12.  Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
13.  T
o verify that your Dynamic DNS service is enabled in the  router, click the  Show Status 
button.
A message displays the Dynamic DNS status.
Change the Dynamic DNS Settings
To change your settings:
1.  Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the user name and password. 
						

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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 name.
See Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet on page 78.
2. Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
Your router must use a direct Internet connection. It cannot connect to a different router to 
access the Internet.
3. Connect a USB storage device to the router USB port.
4. Set up FTP access in the router.
See Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet on page 78.
5. On a remote computer with Internet access, you can use FTP to access your router using 
ftp://yourname.mynetgear.com.  
						

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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 Multifunction USB Printer 
•Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings  
						

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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 printer cable to connect the USB printer to a router USB port.\
USB port
Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
The utility works on Windows and Mac computers.
To download the utility:
1. V
isit  www.netgear.com/readyshare . 
						

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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 download\
ed.
The InstallShield wizard displays.
2.  Follow the wizard instructions to install NETGEAR USB Control Center.
After the InstallShield Wizard completes the installation, the NETGEAR U\
SB Control  Center prompts you to select a language. 
						

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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 printer.
5.  Click the  Disconnect button.
The status changes to Available. Now all computers on the network can use the printer.
6.  T
o exit the utility, select System > Exit .
Use the Shared Printer
For each computer, after you click the Connect and Disconnect buttons once, the utility 
automatically manages the printing queue. By default, the utility starts\
 automatically 
whenever you log on to Windows and runs in the background.
To manually connect and print:
1.  Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
The main screen displays.
2.  Click the  Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer . Now only the 
computer you are using can use this printer
 .
3.  Use the print feature in your application to print your document.
4.  T
o release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it, c\
lick the  Disconnect 
button. 
						

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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. 
See View or Change the Status of a Printer  on page
  88.
View or Change the Status of a Printer
To view or change the status:
1.  Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
The Status column shows the status for each device:
• A
vailable. No print jobs are in progress. You can use the USB printer from any 
computer in the network. 
• Connected. 
 Your computer is connected to the printer and will be released when your \
print job is done.
• Manually Connected by . Only the connected computer can use the printer
 . 
• W
aiting to Connect . Your computer is not connected to the shared printer yet. 
2.  T
o print from your computer when the status shows Manually connected by  another 
computer , click the  Disconnect  button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.
3.  T
o print from your computer when the status shows Waiting to Connect:
a.Click the Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer . Now only your 
computer can use the printer
 .
b.  T
o allow the printer to be shared, click the  Disconnect button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available. 
						

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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 screen displays so that you can use the USB printer for scan\
ning. 
						

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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 the  OK button.
Your change is saved.
Change the NETGEAR USB Control Center Language
To change the language:
1.  Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
The main screen displays.
2.  Select  T
 ools > Configuration