Netgear WNDR4500 WNDR4500 User Manual - Page 50

Safely Remove a USB Drive, FTP via internet, Share Name, Read/Write Access, Folder Name, Volume Name

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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 FTP (via internet). Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This setting supports both downloading and uploading of files. Available Network Folders You might need to scroll down to view this section of the screen: • Share Name. If only 1 device is connected, the default share name is USB_Storage. You can click the name shown, or you can type it in the address field of your web Browser. If Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted, and no other share for the root folder exists. Click the link to change this setting. • Read/Write Access. Shows the permissions and access controls on the network folder: All - no password (the default) allows all users to access the network folder. The password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router. • Folder Name. Full path used by the network folder. • Volume Name. Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD). • Total/Free Space. Shows the current utilization of the storage device. Safely Remove a USB Drive To safely remove a USB disk drive so that no users can access it, select USB Storage > Basic Settings, and click the Safely Remove USB Device button. This takes the drive offline. USB Storage 50

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USB Storage
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
FTP (via internet)
. Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can
access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet. This setting supports both
downloading and uploading of files.
Available Network Folders
You might need to scroll down to view this section of the screen:
Share Name
. If only 1 device is connected, the default share name is USB_Storage. You
can click the name shown, or you can type it in the address field of your web Browser. If
Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted, and no other share for the root
folder exists. Click the link to change this setting.
Read/Write Access
. Shows the permissions and access controls on the network folder:
All - no password (the default) allows all users to access the network folder. The
password for admin is the same one that you use to log in to the router.
Folder Name
. Full path used by the network folder.
Volume Name
. Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
Total/Free Space
. Shows the current utilization of the storage device.
Safely Remove a USB Drive
To safely remove a USB disk drive so that no users can access it, select
USB Storage >
Basic Settings
, and click the
Safely Remove USB Device
button. This takes the drive
offline.