Access Storage Devices Through the Internet
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N750 WiFi Router
The Edit screen displays.
8.
In the
Read Access
list, select
admin
.
9.
In the
Write Access
list, select
admin
.
10.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are saved.
Access Storage Devices Through the Internet with FTP
You must first set up FTP through Internet access. See
Set Up FTP Access Through the
Internet
on page
78.
To access a USB device with FTP from a remote computer:
1.
To download, launch a web browser.
2.
To upload, use an FTP client such as filezilla.
3.
Type
ftp://
and the Internet port IP address in the address field of the browser.
For example, type
ftp://10.1.65.4
.
If you are using Dynamic DNS, type the DNS name.
For example, type
ftp://MyName.mynetgear.com
.
4.
When prompted, log in:
•
To log in as admin, in the
user name
field, enter
admin
and in the
password
field,
enter the same password that you use to log in to the router.
•
To log in as guest, in the
user name
field, enter
guest
.
The guest user name does not need a password. To restrict access to the USB
device, you can specify that only the admin user can access it. See
Control Access to
a Storage Device
on page
68.
The files and folders that your account can access on this USB device display. For
example, you might see
share/partition1/directory1
.
Dynamic DNS
Internet service providers (ISPs) assign numbers called IP addresses to identify each
Internet account. Most ISPs use dynamically assigned IP addresses. This means that the IP
address can change at any time. You can use the IP address to access your network
remotely, but most people don’t know what their IP addresses are or when this number
changes.
To make it easier to connect, you can get a free account with a Dynamic DNS service that
lets you use a domain name to access your home network. To use this account, you must set
up the router to use Dynamic DNS. Then the router notifies the Dynamic DNS service
provider whenever its IP address changes. When you access your Dynamic DNS account,
