Your personal FTP server
With your customized free URL, you can use FTP to access your network through Dynamic
DNS when you aren’t home. To set up your FTP server, you must register for a NETGEAR
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service account and specify the account settings. See Set up a
new Dynamic DNS account on page 149.
Set up your personal FTP server: Overview
of steps
To set up your personal account:
1. Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain name.
For more information, see Set up a new Dynamic DNS account on page 149.
2. Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
Your router must use a direct Internet connection. You router cannot connect to
another router to access the Internet.
3. Connect a USB storage device to the router.
For more information, see Connect a USB storage device to the router on page 137.
4. Set up remote FTP access to the router.
For more information, see Set up FTP access through the Internet on page 152.
After you have set up remote FTP access, you can use it to access your router from a
remote computer with Internet access, using ftp://yourname.mynetgear.com.
Set up FTP access through the Internet
To set up FTP access through the Internet:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window displays.
3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified when you set
up your router. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
User Manual152Use Dynamic DNS to Access a
USB Storage Device From the
Internet
Nighthawk WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router Model RS600