User Manual

7. Share USB Devices Attached to the

Router

This chapter describes how to access and configure USB storage devices attached to your

router. The USB port 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:

• USB Device Requirements

• Access a USB Storage Device on the Network

• Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault

• Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine

• Control Access to the USB Device

• Use FTP Within the Network

• View or Change Network Folders on a USB Device

• Add a Network Folder on a USB Device

• Edit a Network Folder on a USB Device

• Safely Remove a USB Device

For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.