Share a USB Storage Device
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AC1900 Nighthawk WiF Mesh Extender
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 the PC Utility link.
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. If you want to connect to the USB drive as a dif
ferent user, do the following:
a. Select the Connect using different credentials check box.
b. T
ype the user name and password.
c. Click the OK button.
6. Click the Finish button.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
Turn the USB Port Off and On
By default the USB port is on, but you can log in to the extender and turn it off and on.
To turn the USB port off and on:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to your
extender network.
2. Log in to your extender:
• If you did not enable the One WiFi Name feature, enter http://mywifiext.local in the
address field of the browser
.
• If you enabled the One WiFi Name feature, enter one of the following URLs:
- W
indows-based computer. http://mywifiext or http://mywifiext.local
- Mac computers, iOS devices, and Linux devices. http://mywifiext.local