NETGEAR WNDR4500 User manual

WNDR4500 User Guide

A Guide for Using

• ReadySHARE Printer

• ReadySHARE Access

• Desktop NETGEAR Genie

with your WNDR4500 Router

Technical Support

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before you can use the telephone support service. Registration at the

NETGEAR website is strongly recommended.

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website at:

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11621

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trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc.and/or its

subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and

product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective

holders.

Statement of Conditions

In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or

reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products

described in this document without notice. NETGEAR does not assume

any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or

circuit layout(s) described herein.

ReadySHARE Printer

ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the router’s

USB port, and access it wirelessly.

To set up ReadySHARE Printer:

Step 1: Connect the 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. If you do not have the printer driver,

contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most

recent printer driver software.

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.

NOTE:

• You must install this utility before you can use the

ReadySHARE Printer feature.

• For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this utility must

be run in the background.

Step 4: Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB

Control Center utility.

Step 5: After you have installed the utility, select the language.

Step 6: If this is the first time you are accessing the utility, you are

asked to select the printer and click the Connect button.

Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually

connected by xxx..

Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the

connection. The status then changes to Available.

Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in

the network, the utility on each of them automatically handles the

printing queue and handling. The status of the printer should

appear as Available on all of the computers.

NOTE:

• When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer.

• When the status is Manually connected by xxx, only the xxx

computer can use the printer. Other network devices must wait

until the xxx computer has released the connection, or until the

connection times out (the default time-out value is 30 seconds).

• You can set the value for the default time-out time from the

Tools > Configuration screen.

• The USB Control Center utility must be running for the

computer to be able to print to the USB printer attached to the

router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work.

• Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the

ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the USB printer. If

you do not see the printer in the utility, you can disable the

firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.

Step 8: If your printer supports scanning, make sure that the printer is

in the Available state, and click the Network Scanner button. This

activates the Scanner window so you can use the printer for scanning.

For more detailed information about ReadySHARE Printer, see the

User Manual by clicking the Documentation link in the router

management interface or on the WNDR4500 product page on the

Support website (http://support.netgear.com).

ReadySHARE Access

Once you have set up your router or gateway, you can connect

most common USB storage devices and share the contents with

other users (both wired and wireless) on your network. (If your USB

device requires special drivers, it will not be compatible.).

You can access your USB device as follows:

• On Windows systems, use any of these methods:

-Select Start > Run and enter \\readyshare in the dialog

box. Click OK.

-Open Explorer or Safari and enter \\readyshare in the

address bar.

-Open My Network Places and enter \\readyshare in the

address bar.

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