Back Up A Windows-Based Computer With Readyshare Vault - NETGEAR WAC124 User Manual

AC2000 802.11ac Wireless Access Point/Router WAC124
6. Right-click the USB device and select Map network drive.
The Map Network Drive window opens.
7. Select the drive letter to map to the new network folder.
8. Click the Finish button.
The USB storage device is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.
9. To connect to the USB storage device as a different user, select the Connect using
different credentials check box, click the Finish button, and do the following:
a. Type the user name and password.
Use the same credentials that you use for local login to the access point/router.
If you did not yet change the default password for local login, enter admin as
the user name and password as the password.
b. Click the OK button.
Back up a Windows-based computer with
ReadySHARE Vault
The access point/router comes with free backup software for Windows-based computers.
Connect a USB hard disk drive (HDD) to the access point/router for centralized,
continuous, and automatic backup.
The following operating systems support ReadySHARE Vault:
• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 8
• Windows 7
To back up a Windows-based computer:
1. Connect a USB HDD storage device to the USB port on the access point/router.
2. If your USB HDD uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB HDD to the access
point/router.
When you connect the USB HDD to the access point/router's port, it might take up
to two minutes before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB HDD is available to
all computers and mobile devices on the access point/router network.
Share a USB Storage Device
Attached to the Access
Point/Router
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