Share USB Drives Attached to the Router
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Nighthawk AC1750
Smart WiFi Router
To connect a USB device:
1.
Insert your USB storage device into the blue USB 3.0 port on the front of the router.
2.
If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use it 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).
To access the USB device from a Mac:
1.
Select
Go > Connect to Server
.
2.
Enter
smb://readyshare
as the server address.
3.
Click the
Connect
button.
4.
When prompted, select the
Guest
radio button.
If you set up access control 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 more information about access control, see
Control Access to Your
Network
on page
59.
5.
Click the
Connect
button.
The USB device displays.
To access the USB device from a Windows computer:
1.
Select
Start > Run
.
2.
Enter
\\readyshare
in the dialog box.
3.
Click the
OK
button.
The USB device displays.
To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1.
Visit
www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2.
In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click the
PC Utility
link.
The
readyshareconnect.exe
file is downloaded to your computer.
