Share USB Drives Attached to the Router
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Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router Model R7000
2. If your USB drive has a power supply, you must use it when you connect the USB drive to
the router.
When you connect the USB drive to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes
before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB drive is available to all computers on
your local area network (LAN).
To access the USB drive from a Mac:
1. Select Go > Connect to Server.
2. Enter smb://readyshare as the server address.
3. Click the Connect button.
To access the USB drive from a Windows computer:
1. Select Start > Run.
2. Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box and click the OK button.
To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1. V
isit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2. In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click PC Utility.
The readyshareconnect.exe file is downloaded to your computer
.
3. Launch readyshareconnect.exe.
4. Select the drive letter to map to the network folder.
5. (Optional) If you want to connect to the USB drive as a dif
ferent user, select the Connect
using different credentials check box.
a. T
ype the user name and password.
b. Click the OK button.
6. Click the Finish button.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
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