NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000 User Manual page 4

Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router Model R7000
Optimize Internet Gaming with Upstream QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Add Upstream QoS Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Set Up QoS for Applications and Online Gaming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Set Up QoS for a Router LAN Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Set Up QoS for a MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Edit an Upstream QoS Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Delete an Upstream QoS Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Optimize Video Streaming with Downstream QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Add Downstream QoS Rules by Keyword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Add a Downstream QoS Rule by Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Improve Network Connections with Universal Plug and Play. . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 5 Control Access to the Internet
Set Up Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Block Access to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Block Services from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Set Up Security Event Email Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 6 Share USB Drives Attached to the Router
USB Drive Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Access a USB Drive on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Prepare to Back Up a Large Amount of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Use Time Machine to Back Up onto a USB Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Control Access to the USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Use FTP Within the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
View Network Folders on a USB Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Add a Network Folder on a USB Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Edit a Network Folder on a USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Approve USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Safely Remove a USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 7 Access the Router's USB Drive Through the Internet
Access the USB Drive Through the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Access the USB Drive Through the Internet with FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dynamic DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Your Personal FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Specify a DNS Account That You Already Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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