Netgear WNDR4500 User Guide

Netgear WNDR4500 Manual

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    WNDR4500 User Guide A Guide for Using • ReadySHARE Printer • ReadySHARE Access • Desktop NETGEAR Genie with your WNDR4500 Router
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    recommended. Go to http://support.netgear.com for product updates and Web support. For complete DoC, visit the NETGEAR EU Declarations of Conformity website at: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11621 Trademarks NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, and Connect with Innovation are trademarks or
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    Printer ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the router's USB port, and access it wirelessly. To set up ReadySHARE Printer: Step 1: Connect the USB printer to the router's USB port with a USB printer cable. Step 2: Install the USB printer driver software on each computer that
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    computer that will share the printer, download the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version, which you can access in two different ways: • From the ReadySHARE Printer area of this URL: www.netgear.com/readyshare • From the ReadySHARE tab
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    NOTE: • You must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. • For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this utility must be run in the background. Step 4: Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. 5
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    Step 5: After you have installed the utility, select the language. Step 6: If this is the first time you are accessing the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click the Connect button. 6
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    is established, the status changes to Manually connected by xxx.. Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. The status then changes to Available. Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in the network, the utility on each of them automatically
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    you can use the USB printer. • When the status is Manually connected by xxx, only the xxx computer can use the printer. Other network devices must wait until the xxx computer has released the connection, or until the connection times out (the default time-out value is 30 seconds). • You can set the
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    activates the Scanner window so you can use the printer for scanning. For more detailed information about ReadySHARE Printer, see the User Manual by clicking the Documentation link in the router management interface or on the WNDR4500 product page on the Support website (http://support.netgear.com).
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    Once you have set up your router or gateway, you can connect most common USB storage devices and share the contents with other users (both wired and wireless) on your network. (If your USB device requires special drivers, it will not be compatible.). You can access your USB device as follows: • On
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    smb://readyshare as the Server Address. 3. Click Connect. The readyshareconnect.exe file (for Windows) is available to download here: http://www.netgear.com/readyshare NOTE: If your USB device requires a power supply, you must use it when connecting your USB device to a NETGEAR router or gateway. It
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    view, manage, and control your entire home network, and helps you fix common network problems. Internet STATUS GOOD WiFi Connection STATUS Connected Router Settings Click here Network Map Number of devices 16 Parental Controls Click here ReadySHARE Click here Visit the NETGEAR Genie web page
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    Internet connectivity issues, for both wired and wireless connections. • WiFi Connection. View or change the wireless settings for your router. • Router Settings. Log in to your router to view or change its settings. • Network map. View network devices connected to your network. • Parental Controls
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    NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA November 2011
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WNDR4500 User Guide
A Guide for Using
ReadySHARE Printer
ReadySHARE Access
Desktop NETGEAR Genie
with your WNDR4500 Router