Use Ftp To Access Storage Devices Through The Internet - NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk User Manual

10. From the Write Access menu, select admin.
11. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved and the Edit Network Folder window closes.

Use FTP to Access Storage Devices Through the Internet

If you attached a storage device to the router, before you can access the storage device through the Internet
with FTP, you must first set it up (see
To access a USB device with FTP from a remote computer to download or upload a file:
1. Take one of the following actions:
• To download a file from a storage device connected to the router, launch a web browser.
• To upload a file to a storage device connected to the router, launch an FTP client such as Filezilla.
2. Type ftp:// and the Internet port IP address in the address field of the browser.
For example, if your IP address is 10.1.65.4, type ftp://10.1.65.4.
If you are using Dynamic DNS, your domain name is MyName, and you use the NETGEAR DDNS
server, type the DNS name ftp://MyName.mynetgear.com.
3. When prompted, log in:
• To log in as admin, in the user name field, enter admin and in the password field, enter the same
password that you use to log in to the router.
• To log in as guest, in the user name field, enter guest.
The guest user name does not need a password.
The files and folders that your account can access on the USB device display. For example, you might
see
share/partition1/directory1
4. Navigate to a location on the USB device.
5. Download or upload the file.
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