NETGEAR R6300v2 Network Router User Manual


 
USB Storage
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R6300v2 Smart WiFi Router
To access the USB device from a Windows computer:
Use any of these methods:
Select Start > Run. Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box and click OK.
Open a browser and enter \\readyshare in the address bar
.
Open My Network Places and enter \\readyshare in the address bar
.
To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1. V
isit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2. In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click PC Utility.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and unzip the readyshareconnect.exe file.
4. Launch readyshareconnect.exe.
5. Select the drive letter that you want to map to the network folder.
6. (Optional) If you want to connect to the USB drive as a dif
ferent user, select the Connect
using different credentials check box.
a. T
ype the user name and password that you want to use.
b. Click OK.
7. Click Finish.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
To access the USB drive from a remote computer:
1. Launch a web browser
.
2. Connect using the router’
s Internet port IP address.
If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather than the IP address.
Y
ou can view the router’s Internet IP address on the BASIC Home screen (see
Dashboard (BASIC Home Screen) on page 16).