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6. Share USB Drives Attached to the
Router
This chapter describes how to access and configure USB storage devices attached to your
router. The USB port 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:
• USB Drive Requirements
• Access a USB Device on the Network
• Back Up Windows Computers with ReadySHARE Vault
• Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
• Control Access to the USB Drive
• Use FTP Within the Network
• View Network Folders on a USB Drive
• Add a Network Folder on a USB Drive
• Edit a Network Folder on a USB Drive
• Approve USB Devices
• Safely Remove a USB Drive
For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.