Chapter 6 Share Usb Devices Attached To The Router - NETGEAR R7000 User Manual

Share USB Devices Attached to the
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Router
This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage device 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 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 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.
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