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... Properties for DHCP 14 Gather ISP Information 14 Wireless Devices and Security Settings 14 Types of Logins and Access 14 NETGEAR Genie Setup 15 Use NETGEAR Genie after Installation 16 Upgrade Router Firmware 16 Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen 17 Add Wireless Devices or Computers to... (WPS) Method 18 Chapter 3 Genie Basic Settings Internet Setup 20 Internet Setup Screen Fields 20 Attached Devices 22 Parental Controls 23 ReadySHARE USB Storage 23 Basic Wireless Settings 24 Wireless Settings Screen Fields 25 Change WPA Security Option and Passphrase 26 Guest Networks 27 Guest...
... Properties for DHCP 14 Gather ISP Information 14 Wireless Devices and Security Settings 14 Types of Logins and Access 14 NETGEAR Genie Setup 15 Use NETGEAR Genie after Installation 16 Upgrade Router Firmware 16 Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen 17 Add Wireless Devices or Computers to... (WPS) Method 18 Chapter 3 Genie Basic Settings Internet Setup 20 Internet Setup Screen Fields 20 Attached Devices 22 Parental Controls 23 ReadySHARE USB Storage 23 Basic Wireless Settings 24 Wireless Settings Screen Fields 25 Change WPA Security Option and Passphrase 26 Guest Networks 27 Guest...
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... Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 WAN Setup 33 Default DMZ Server 34 Change the MTU Size 34 LAN Setup 36 LAN Setup Screen Settings 37 Use the Router as a DHCP Server 37 Address Reservation 38 Quality of Service (QoS) Setup 39 Chapter 5 USB Storage USB Drive Requirements 45 ReadySHARE Access 45 File...
... Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 WAN Setup 33 Default DMZ Server 34 Change the MTU Size 34 LAN Setup 36 LAN Setup Screen Settings 37 Use the Router as a DHCP Server 37 Address Reservation 38 Quality of Service (QoS) Setup 39 Chapter 5 USB Storage USB Drive Requirements 45 ReadySHARE Access 45 File...
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...already set up your new router using the installation guide that you connect to your product, see Chapter 5, USB Storage, and www.netgear.com/readyshare. Chapter 3, Genie Basic Settings, explains how to the Internet over a high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL). This chapter contains the following ..., gaming consoles, and so on) that comes in your home network. For more information about ReadySHARE features in the box, this manual, visit the Support website at http://support.netgear.com. 7 Hardware Setup 1 Getting to know your Internet connection. It is compatible with fast ...
...already set up your new router using the installation guide that you connect to your product, see Chapter 5, USB Storage, and www.netgear.com/readyshare. Chapter 3, Genie Basic Settings, explains how to the Internet over a high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL). This chapter contains the following ..., gaming consoles, and so on) that comes in your home network. For more information about ReadySHARE features in the box, this manual, visit the Support website at http://support.netgear.com. 7 Hardware Setup 1 Getting to know your Internet connection. It is compatible with fast ...
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...Getting Started with dashboard, language, and online help , and product documentation. Go to the NETGEAR support site to access additional menus and screens. Router Basic Home screen with NETGEAR Genie 17 The left column has the menus, and at a glance. This dashboard screen displays...an Internet connection. View the devices connected to prevent objectionable content from the Internet is needed. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen) The router Basic Home screen has a dashboard that is used to get information, help •...
...Getting Started with dashboard, language, and online help , and product documentation. Go to the NETGEAR support site to access additional menus and screens. Router Basic Home screen with NETGEAR Genie 17 The left column has the menus, and at a glance. This dashboard screen displays...an Internet connection. View the devices connected to prevent objectionable content from the Internet is needed. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen) The router Basic Home screen has a dashboard that is used to get information, help •...
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3. Genie Basic Settings 3 Your Internet connection and network This chapter explains the features available from the Genie Basic Home screen, shown in the following figure: This chapter contains the following sections: • Internet Setup • Attached Devices • Parental Controls • ReadySHARE USB Storage • Basic Wireless Settings • Guest Networks 19
3. Genie Basic Settings 3 Your Internet connection and network This chapter explains the features available from the Genie Basic Home screen, shown in the following figure: This chapter contains the following sections: • Internet Setup • Attached Devices • Parental Controls • ReadySHARE USB Storage • Basic Wireless Settings • Guest Networks 19
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Parental Controls The first time you select Parental Controls from the Basic Home screen, you are automatically directed to the Internet, where you can view information about Live Parental Controls or download the application. From the Basic Home screen, select ReadySHARE to the router's USB port here. The following screen displays: ReadySHARE USB Storage You can learn more about a USB storage device that is connected to display the USB Storage (Basic Settings) screen: Genie Basic Settings 23
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Parental Controls The first time you select Parental Controls from the Basic Home screen, you are automatically directed to the Internet, where you can view information about Live Parental Controls or download the application. From the Basic Home screen, select ReadySHARE to the router's USB port here. The following screen displays: ReadySHARE USB Storage You can learn more about a USB storage device that is connected to display the USB Storage (Basic Settings) screen: Genie Basic Settings 23
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... used to access the USB device connected to protect and maximize your wireless security. To view or change basic wireless settings: NETGEAR recommends that you do not change your router. Total/Free Space. Click to safely remove the USB device attached to change this screen.... network folder. Genie Basic Settings 24 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 This screen displays the following: • Network/Device Name. Volume Name. If Not Shared is guest. You can find it is \\readyshare. The folders on the USB device. Shows the current utilization of the...
... used to access the USB device connected to protect and maximize your wireless security. To view or change basic wireless settings: NETGEAR recommends that you do not change your router. Total/Free Space. Click to safely remove the USB device attached to change this screen.... network folder. Genie Basic Settings 24 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 This screen displays the following: • Network/Device Name. Volume Name. If Not Shared is guest. You can find it is \\readyshare. The folders on the USB device. Shows the current utilization of the...
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..., USB modems, CD drives, or DVD drives to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer For additional about ReadySHARE features, see www.netgear.com/readyshare. 44 This chapter contains the following sections: • USB Drive Requirements • ReadySHARE Access • File-Sharing Scenarios • Basic Settings • USB Storage Advanced Settings • Safely Remove a USB...
..., USB modems, CD drives, or DVD drives to the USB Drive from a Remote Computer For additional about ReadySHARE features, see www.netgear.com/readyshare. 44 This chapter contains the following sections: • USB Drive Requirements • ReadySHARE Access • File-Sharing Scenarios • Basic Settings • USB Storage Advanced Settings • Safely Remove a USB...
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... contents with the router. USB Drive Speeds Bus USB 1.1 USB 2.0 Speed/Sec 12 Mbits 480 Mbits The router should work with other variables. ReadySHARE Access Once you can be loaded in the following ways: • On Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000 systems, select Start...your network. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 USB Drive Requirements The router works with most up your router, you have set up -to-date list of USB drives supported by the router, go to: http://kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare The router supports both read and write for ...
... contents with the router. USB Drive Speeds Bus USB 1.1 USB 2.0 Speed/Sec 12 Mbits 480 Mbits The router should work with other variables. ReadySHARE Access Once you can be loaded in the following ways: • On Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000 systems, select Start...your network. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 USB Drive Requirements The router works with most up your router, you have set up -to-date list of USB drives supported by the router, go to: http://kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare The router supports both read and write for ...
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...following sections. FTP can automatically access this USB drive using the USB drive as a go-between Macintosh, Linux, and PC computers by typing \\readyshare in a Central Location for Printing This scenario is directly attached to a PC, but not shared on page 49. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ...Router WNDR4500 • Sharing multimedia with friends and family such as MP3 files, pictures, and other on the network. To print photos from the...
...following sections. FTP can automatically access this USB drive using the USB drive as a go-between Macintosh, Linux, and PC computers by typing \\readyshare in a Central Location for Printing This scenario is directly attached to a PC, but not shared on page 49. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ...Router WNDR4500 • Sharing multimedia with friends and family such as MP3 files, pictures, and other on the network. To print photos from the...
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... Advanced Settings screen. USB Storage 47 This option supports downloading files only. Note: You can access this feature by selecting Basic > ReadySHARE, or Advanced > USB Storage > ReadySHARE. The guest user account has no password. • On the FTP site, the person receiving the files should use to select ...network device name or the share name in the password field). • Be sure to access the router. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 • There are two user accounts: admin and guest. By default, it is the same one that you use the guest user account...
... Advanced Settings screen. USB Storage 47 This option supports downloading files only. Note: You can access this feature by selecting Basic > ReadySHARE, or Advanced > USB Storage > ReadySHARE. The guest user account has no password. • On the FTP site, the person receiving the files should use to select ...network device name or the share name in the password field). • Be sure to access the router. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 • There are two user accounts: admin and guest. By default, it is the same one that you use the guest user account...
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...radio button, and then click Edit. 3. no password to change the share name, or to admin. USB Storage 48 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Note: If you logged in to the router before you connected your USB device, you might not see your USB device in again. You can... use this feature by selecting Basic > ReadySHARE, and clicking Edit, or selecting Advanced > USB Storage > Advanced Settings. 2. You can access this screen to select a folder, to change the read Access or ...
...radio button, and then click Edit. 3. no password to change the share name, or to admin. USB Storage 48 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Note: If you logged in to the router before you connected your USB device, you might not see your USB device in again. You can... use this feature by selecting Basic > ReadySHARE, and clicking Edit, or selecting Advanced > USB Storage > Advanced Settings. 2. You can access this screen to select a folder, to change the read Access or ...
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...Apply for your USB device. Enabled by default. Network Connection. no password is readyshare. The password for your changes to the router. • Workgroup. USB Storage Advanced Settings You can type http://readyshare.routerlogin.net/shares to access the USB drive. You can set up the ... 49 The default is guest. By default, it is displayed here. If you are described here. FTP. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 The user name (account name) for example, http://1.1.10.102/shares) or a URL domain name to the USB storage device. • Network...
...Apply for your USB device. Enabled by default. Network Connection. no password is readyshare. The password for your changes to the router. • Workgroup. USB Storage Advanced Settings You can type http://readyshare.routerlogin.net/shares to access the USB drive. You can set up the ... 49 The default is guest. By default, it is displayed here. If you are described here. FTP. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 The user name (account name) for example, http://1.1.10.102/shares) or a URL domain name to the USB storage device. • Network...
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... the following screen: By default the Enable Media Server check box and the Automatic (when new files are added) radio button are added to the ReadySHARE USB hard drive. To view these options are selected, the router scans for media files whenever new files are selected. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit...
... the following screen: By default the Enable Media Server check box and the Automatic (when new files are added) radio button are added to the ReadySHARE USB hard drive. To view these options are selected, the router scans for media files whenever new files are selected. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit...
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 P packets, fragmented 34 Parental Controls 23 passphrases changing 26 product label 12 password recovery, admin 69 password, restoring 102 photos, sharing 46 poll interval 63 ... addresses 21 printing files and photos 46 prioritizing traffic 39 Push 'N' Connect 18 Q QoS (Quality of Service) 39 R radio, wireless 72 range of wireless connections 8 ReadySHARE access 45, 48 recovering admin password 69 releasing connection status 64 remote management 90 renewing connection status 64 repeater units 76 reserved IP adresses 38...
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 P packets, fragmented 34 Parental Controls 23 passphrases changing 26 product label 12 password recovery, admin 69 password, restoring 102 photos, sharing 46 poll interval 63 ... addresses 21 printing files and photos 46 prioritizing traffic 39 Push 'N' Connect 18 Q QoS (Quality of Service) 39 R radio, wireless 72 range of wireless connections 8 ReadySHARE access 45, 48 recovering admin password 69 releasing connection status 64 remote management 90 renewing connection status 64 repeater units 76 reserved IP adresses 38...
User Guide
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WNDR4500 User Guide A Guide for Using • ReadySHARE Printer • ReadySHARE Access • Desktop NETGEAR Genie with your WNDR4500 Router
WNDR4500 User Guide A Guide for Using • ReadySHARE Printer • ReadySHARE Access • Desktop NETGEAR Genie with your WNDR4500 Router
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ReadySHARE Printer ReadySHARE Printer lets you do not have the printer driver, contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most recent printer driver software. 3 If you connect a USB printer to the router's USB port with a USB printer cable. Step 2: Install the USB printer driver software on each computer that will share the printer. To set up ReadySHARE Printer: Step 1: Connect the USB printer to the router's USB port, and access it wirelessly.
ReadySHARE Printer ReadySHARE Printer lets you do not have the printer driver, contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most recent printer driver software. 3 If you connect a USB printer to the router's USB port with a USB printer cable. Step 2: Install the USB printer driver software on each computer that will share the printer. To set up ReadySHARE Printer: Step 1: Connect the USB printer to the router's USB port, and access it wirelessly.
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The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version, which you can access in two different ways: • From the ReadySHARE Printer area of this URL: www.netgear.com/readyshare • From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie. 4 Step 3: On each computer that will share the printer, download the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.
The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version, which you can access in two different ways: • From the ReadySHARE Printer area of this URL: www.netgear.com/readyshare • From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie. 4 Step 3: On each computer that will share the printer, download the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.
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Step 4: Follow the instructions to work, this utility must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. • For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. 5 NOTE: • You must be run in the background.
Step 4: Follow the instructions to work, this utility must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. • For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. 5 NOTE: • You must be run in the background.
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...in the router management interface or on the WNDR4500 product page on the Support website (http://support.netgear.com). This activates the Scanner window so you can use the printer for the computer to be running for scanning. For more detailed information about ReadySHARE Printer, see the printer in the utility...Center utility must be able to print to the USB printer attached to work . • Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the USB printer. If you exit the utility, printing does not work . If you do not see the User Manual...
...in the router management interface or on the WNDR4500 product page on the Support website (http://support.netgear.com). This activates the Scanner window so you can use the printer for the computer to be running for scanning. For more detailed information about ReadySHARE Printer, see the printer in the utility...Center utility must be able to print to the USB printer attached to work . • Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the USB printer. If you exit the utility, printing does not work . If you do not see the User Manual...