Safely Remove A Usb Drive; Access The Usb Storage Device - NETGEAR N300 User Manual

It might take up to 2 minutes before the USB device is ready for sharing.

Safely Remove a USB Drive

If you want to physically disconnect a USB drive from the modem router USB port, first, log in
to the modem router and safely remove it.
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To remove a USB disk drive safely:
1. Select USB Storage > Basic Settings.
2. Click the Safely Remove USB Device button.
This takes the drive offline.
3. Physically disconnect the USB drive.

Access the USB Storage Device

When you connect the USB device to the modem router USB port, it might take up to 2
minutes before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB storage device is available to all
computers on your local area network (LAN).
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To access the USB device from a Mac:
1. Select Go > Connect to Server.
2. Enter smb://readyshare as the server address.
3. Click Connect.
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To access the USB device from Windows:
Use any of these methods to access the USB device:
• Select Start > Run. Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box and click OK.
• Open a browser and enter \\readyshare in the address bar.
• Open My Network Places and enter \\readyshare in the address bar.
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To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1. Visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2. In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click PC Utility.
The readyshareconnect.exe file is downloaded to your computer.
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