Storing Files In A Central Location For Playing Or Printing - NETGEAR WGT634U Reference Manual

Storing Files in a Central Location for Playing or Printing

The WGT634U Wireless Media Router enables you to move files so that a private resource can act
as a network resource. The WGT634U allows centralized storage for easy access from other
computers that have local printers, CD burners, speakers, or specialized software.
For example, the following scenario may occur in a typical family that has one high quality color
printer directly attached to a computer, but not shared on the LAN:
• The daughter has some photos on her Macintosh computer that she wants to print.
• The mother has a photo-capable color printer directly attached to her PC, but not shared on the
network.
• The mother and daughter's computers are not visible to each other on the network.
Storing Files in a Central Location
Figure 5-2: Storing files in a central location for printing
How can you send the photos from the daughter's Mac to a printer attached to the mother's PC?
This is where the USB drive on the Wireless Router can save you time and effort.
Copy the photos from the daughter's Mac to the USB drive using a Web browser. See
1.
"Connecting to the USB Drive from a Local Web Browser" on page 5-11
information.
Use the mother's PC to retrieve the files for printing. You can use a Web browser or Microsoft
2.
Networking to transfer the files from the USB drive to a PC. For more information on using
Microsoft Networking to transfer the files, see
Home/Office Network" on page
Connecting a USB Drive to the Router
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