NETGEAR RAX15 User Manual page 6

4-Stream AX1800 WiFi 6 Router Model RAX15
Map a USB device to a Windows network drive...........................109
Access a storage device that is connected to the router from a
Mac.....................................................................................................110
Enable FTP access within your network.........................................111
View network folders on a storage device....................................111
Add a network folder on a USB storage device...........................112
Edit a network folder on a USB storage device............................113
Safely remove a USB storage device.............................................114
Chapter 9 Use Dynamic DNS to Access USB Storage Devices
Through the Internet
Set up and manage Dynamic DNS.................................................116
Set up a new Dynamic DNS account.........................................116
Specify a DNS account that you already created.....................117
Change the Dynamic DNS settings...........................................118
Your personal FTP server................................................................118
Set up your personal FTP server................................................119
Set up FTP access through the Internet....................................119
Set up HTTPS access through the Internet....................................120
Access USB storage devices through the Internet.......................121
Chapter 10 Use OpenVPN to Access Your Network
About VPN connections..................................................................124
Enable OpenVPN service in the router..........................................125
Install OpenVPN software on a VPN client....................................126
Install OpenVPN software on a Windows-based computer....126
Install OpenVPN software on a Mac computer........................128
Install OpenVPN software on an iOS device............................129
Install OpenVPN software on an Android device....................130
LAN IP addressing in VPN networks..............................................131
Use VPN to access your Internet service at home........................131
Allow VPN client Internet access in the router.........................131
Block VPN client Internet access in the router.........................132
Use VPN to remotely access a USB storage device attached to the
router.................................................................................................133
Chapter 11 Manage Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
Manage port forwarding to a local server.....................................135
Set up port forwarding to a local server...................................135
Add a custom port forwarding service.....................................136
Edit a port forwarding service....................................................137
Delete a port forwarding entry..................................................138
Application example: Make a local web server public...........138
How the router implements the port forwarding rule.............139
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