Chapter 6 Share Storage Devices Attached To The Router - NETGEAR R7500 User Manual

Share Storage Devices Attached to
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the Router
This chapter describes how to access and manage storage devices attached to your router.
ReadySHARE lets you access and share storage devices, such as a USB or eSATA storage
device, connected to the router. (If your storage device has special drivers, it is not compatible.)
Note: The USB ports 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:
• Connect an eSATA Device to the Router
• USB Device Requirements
• Connect a USB Device to the Router
• Access an Storage Device Connected to the Router
• Map a USB Device to a Windows Network Drive
• Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
• Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
• Control Access to a Storage Device
• Use FTP Within the Network
• View Network Folders on a Device
• Add a Network Folder on a Storage Device
• Edit a Network Folder on a Storage Device
• Approve USB Devices
• Safely Remove a USB Device
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
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