NETGEAR R6050 User Manual page 101

To access the USB device from a Mac:
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1. Insert your USB device into the USB port of the router.
If your USB device has a power supply, you must use it when you connect the USB
device to the router.
When you connect the USB device to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes
before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB device is available to all computers on
your local area network (LAN).
2. Select Go > Connect to Server.
3. Enter smb://readyshare as the server address.
4. Click the Connect button.
To access the USB device from a Windows computer:
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1. Insert your USB device into the USB port of the router.
If your USB device has a power supply, you must use it when you connect the USB
device to the router.
When you connect the USB device to the router USB port, it might take up to two minutes
before it is ready for sharing. By default, the USB device is available to all computers on
your local area network (LAN).
2. Select Start > Run.
3. Enter \\readyshare in the dialog box and click the OK button.
To map the USB device to a local Windows network drive:
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1. Visit www.netgear.com/readyshare.
2. In the ReadySHARE USB Storage Access pane, click the PC Utility button.
The readyshareconnect.exe file is downloaded to your computer.
3. Launch readyshareconnect.exe.
4. Select the drive letter that you want to map to the network folder.
AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router R6050
Share USB Devices Attached to the Router
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