Router Mode: Set Up Ftp Access Through The Internet On The Access Point/Router - NETGEAR WAC124-100NAS User Manual

AC2000 802.11ac Wireless Access Point/Router WAC124
The access point/router must be in router mode and use a direct Internet connection.
It cannot connect to a another router on your network to access the Internet.
3. Connect a USB storage device to the USB port of the access point/router.
4. If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB storage device to the
access point/router.
When you connect the storage device to the access point/router, it might take up
to two minutes before the storage device is ready for sharing. By default, the device
is available to all devices that are connected to the access point/router network.
5. Set up FTP access on the access point/router.
For more information, see Router mode: Set up FTP access through the Internet on
the access point/router on page 202.
6. On a remote computer with Internet access, use FTP to access the access point/router.
For example, is you set up a NETGEAR DDNS account, you can use
ftp://MyName.mynetgear.com, in which MyName is your specific domain name.
For more information, see Router mode: Use FTP to access a storage device over
the Internet on page 204.
Router mode: Set up FTP access through the Internet on
the access point/router
If you attach a storage device to the access point/router, you can set up FTP access
through the Internet so that you can access the storage device from outside your local
network, for example, when you are not at the location where the access point/router
is installed.
To set up FTP access through the Internet:
1. Open a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
access point/router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net in the address field.
If you are not connected to the access point/router network but to the same network
as the access point/router, enter the IP address that is assigned to the access
point/router. If you do not know the IP address, see Find the IP address of the access
point/router on page 29.
The NETGEAR Business page displays. You are prompted to sign in with your
NETGEAR account.
Router Mode: Manage Dynamic
DNS and FTP Access Through
the Internet
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