Connecting To The Usb Drive From A Local Web Browser; Connecting To The Usb Drive From A Remote Computer; Locating The Internet Port Ip Address - NETGEAR WGT634U Reference Manual

Local Web browser — users on the local area network can use the USB drive's local IP
1.
address from a Web browser. LAN access rights are read/write unless you restrict access on a
file or directory basis. See
page 5-11.
Remote Web browser — users outside your local network can access files on the USB drive
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from a Web browser at its WAN IP address. WAN access is by FTP and is read only or read/
write according to the user access rights you set. See
Remote Computer" on page
Microsoft Network access — allows users on the local area network to access files on the USB
3.
drive from Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer rights are read/write unless you restrict
access on a file or directory basis. See
Network" on page

Connecting to the USB Drive from a Local Web Browser

You can connect to the USB drive from local computers using a Web browser.
Type \\ followed by the router's IP address:
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\\192.168.1.1
Type the account name and password that has access rights to the USB drive.
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The root directories of the USB drive that the login account has access to will be displayed, for
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example:
\\192.168.1.1\share\partition1
You can now read and copy files from the USB directory. If the account has write access, you
4.
can also post files to the USB drive directory.

Connecting to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer

To connect to the USB drive from remote computers using a Web browser, you must use the
router's Internet port IP address rather than the local IP address.

Locating the Internet Port IP Address

The Router Status screen shows the Internet port IP address:
Connecting a USB Drive to the Router
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router WGT634U
"Connecting to the USB Drive from a Local Web Browser" on
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"Connecting to the USB Drive From Your Home/Office
5-12.
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