Share a USB Drive Attached to the Gateway
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Dual Band Wireless VDSL2 + Ethernet Gateway
When you connect the USB drive to the gateway USB port, it might take up to two
minutes before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB drive is available to all
computers on your local area network (LAN).
To access the USB drive from a Mac:
1.
Select
Go > Connect to Server
.
2.
Enter
smb://readyshare
as the server address.
3.
Click the
Connect
button.
To access the USB drive from a Windows computer:
1.
Select
Start > Run
.
2.
Enter
\\readyshare
in the dialog box and click the
OK
button.
Map the USB Device to a Windows Network Drive
To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1.
Visit
http://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.
3.
Launch
readyshareconnect.exe
.
4.
Select the drive letter to map to the network folder.
5.
To connect to the USB drive as a different user, select the
Connect using different
credentials
check box and do the following:
a.
Type the user name and password.
b.
Click the
OK
button.
6.
Click the
Finish
button.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
