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R6250 Smart WiFi Router  To access the USB device from a Windows computer: Use any of these methods to access the USB device: • Select Start > Run. Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box and click OK. • Open a browser and enter \\readyshare in the address bar. • Open My Network Places and enter \\readyshare in the address bar.  To map the USB device to a Windows network drive: 1. Visit 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 different user, select the Connect using different credentials check box. a. Type the user name and password that you want to use. b. Click OK. 6. Click Finish. The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.  To access the USB drive from a remote computer: 1. Launch a web browser. 2. Connect using the router's Internet port IP address. If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather than the IP address. You can view the router's Internet IP address on the Basic Home screen (see Dashboard (Basic Home Screen) on page 16). USB Storage 46

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USB Storage
46
R6250 Smart WiFi Router
To access the USB device from a Windows computer:
Use any of these methods to access the USB device:
•
Select
Start > Run
. Enter
\\readyshare
in the dialog box and click
OK
.
•
Open a browser and enter
\\readyshare
in the address bar.
•
Open My Network Places and enter
\\readyshare
in the address bar.
To map the USB device to a Windows network drive:
1.
Visit
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 different user, select the
Connect
using different credentials
check box.
a.
Type the user name and password that you want to use.
b.
Click
OK
.
6.
Click
Finish
.
The USB drive is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
To access the USB drive from a remote computer:
1.
Launch a web browser.
2.
Connect using the router’s Internet port IP address.
If you are using Dynamic DNS, you can type the DNS name, rather than the IP address.
You can view the router’s Internet IP address on the Basic Home screen (see
Dashboard
(Basic Home Screen)
on page
16).