Access Usb Storage Devices Through The Internet; Access Usb Storage Devices From A Remote Computer; Set Up Ftp Access Through The Internet - NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk User Manual

Access USB Storage Devices Through the Internet

If you connect a USB storage device to the router, you can access the USB device through the Internet
when you are not home. After you gain access, you can use FTP to share files on the USB device.

Access USB Storage Devices From a Remote Computer

To access USB storage devices from a remote computer:
1. Launch a web browser on a computer that is not on your home network.
2. Connect to your home router:
• To connect with Dynamic DNS, type the DNS name.
To use a Dynamic DNS account, you must enter the account information on the Dynamic DNS page.
See Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
• To connect without Dynamic DNS, type the router's Internet port IP address.
You can view the router's Internet IP address on the router's System Information page.

Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet

To set up FTP access over 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 opens.
3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4. Select Settings > USB Storage > ReadySHARE Storage.
The USB Storage (Advanced Settings) page displays.
5. Select the FTP (via internet) check box.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
7. To limit access to the admin user, in the Available Network Folder section, select the USB storage
device.
If only one device is connected, it is automatically selected.
8. Click the Edit button.
The Edit Network Folder window opens.
9. From the Read Access menu, select admin.
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