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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 has special drivers, it is not compatible.)
Note: 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.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Connect an eSATA Device to the Router
• USB Device Requirements
• Connect a USB Device to the Router
• Access an Storage Device Connected to the Router
• Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive
• Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
• Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
• Control Access to a Storage Device
• Use FTP Within the Network
• View Network Folders on a Device
• Add a Network Folder on a Storage Device
• Edit a Network Folder on a Storage Device
• Approve USB Devices
• Safely Remove a USB Device
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.