NETGEAR WNDR3800 - N600 WIRELESS DUAL BAND GIGABIT ROUTER-Premium... Specification sheet

Premium Features
A Guide for Using the Premium Features
of your WNDR3800 Router

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This document describes how to use the premium features of your
NETGEAR WNDR3800 router:
• “ReadySHARE Cloud” on page 4
• “ReadySHARE Printer” on page 6
• “Video Mode” on page 9
• “ClearChannel Selector” on page 10
• “NETGEAR Genie” on page 12
• “Time Machine” on page 13
For more information about the features described in this booklet,
see the User Manual by clicking the Documentation link in the
router management interface or on the WNDR3800 product page
on the Support website (http://support.netgear.com).

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ReadySHARE Cloud
ReadySHARE Cloud gives you remote access over the Internet to a
USB storage device that is connected to your router’s USB port.
To enable ReadySHARE Cloud, log in to the router management
interface at http://routerlogin.net, and go to the ReadySHARE
page. Follow the instructions to register your router with the
ReadySHARE Cloud server.
Using this feature, you can also invite friends and family members
to access the shared contents on the USB device.
If your friends and family do not have a ReadySHARE Cloud
account, they will be invited to create one so they can access the
shared contents.
Visit http://readyshare.netgear.com and create an account to
make your files and folders accessible at any time, from anywhere.

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In addition to remotely sharing anything stored on the USB device
connected to your router, you can:
• Control friend and family access to each item stored on the
USB device.
• Invite new users to access the shared contents.

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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
and install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility. You MUST
install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer
feature.
Note: The NETGEAR USB Control
Center utility has a Mac version
and a Windows version.

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For more information on the ReadySHARE features, see
http://www.netgear.com/readyshare.
Step 4: Follow the instructions in the utility to connect to the
printer from your computer and print. If the printer is not in the
Available state, select the printer from the list and click Connect.

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Note: Some firewall software, such as
Comodo, will block the
ReadySHARE Printer utility from
accessing the USB printer. If you
don’t see the printer in the utility,
you can disable the firewall
temporarily to make it work.
For scanning: 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 further ReadySHARE information, see
http://www.netgear.com/readyshare.

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Video Mode
To prevent packet drops or jitter when streaming high-quality video,
NETGEAR recommends that you create a separate Wi-Fi network
on the 5 GHz radio band of your router, and connect all of your
media-streaming devices, or PCs that you use to stream video, to
this Wi-Fi network.
Step 1: Log in to your router management interface at
http://routerlogin.net.
Step 2: In the router management interface, go to the Basic tab
and select Guest Networks.
Step 3: In the Guest Network Settings window, scroll down to the
Wireless Settings (5GHz a/n) section, and type a new Guest
Wireless Network Name (SSID). This will be your new Wi-Fi
network. For example, you could call it My Video Wi-Fi.
Step 4: Make sure that the Enable Video Mode radio button is
checked.
Step 5: Click Apply.
Step 6: Connect your media-streaming devices, or PCs that you
use to stream video, to this separate Wi-Fi network on your router.

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ClearChannel Selector
Wireless networks are often congested with interference from
neighboring Wi-Fi routers, as well as from other household
appliances.
The ClearChannel Selector feature on your router automatically
scans for the clearest and fastest available channels, dynamically
avoiding busy Wi-Fi channels.
ClearChannel Selector is enabled by default on your WNDR3800
router.
You can select the sensitivity level for the ClearChannel Selector.
Sensitivity level settings are High, Medium (the default setting), and
Low. If you change the setting to High, your wireless channel may
switch channels frequently, or occasionally disconnect.

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NETGEAR Genie
The NETGEAR Genie is your home network dashboard. It lets you
easily view, manage, and control your entire home network, and
helps you fix common network problems.
Download the NETGEAR Genie from
http://www.NETGEAR.com/genie.
Internet
STATUS GOOD
Network Map
Number of devices 16
Parental Controls
WiFi Connection
STATUS Connected
Router Settings
Click here
ReadySHARE
Click here
Click here

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Time Machine
Time Machine works on Mac computers only, and automatically
backs up everything on your computer to a USB hard drive
connected to it. Here is how it works:
Note: If you are already using Time
Machine software with your
USB hard drive, you can skip
Steps 1 through 3and go to
Step 4.
Step 1: Physically connect the USB hard drive to your PC.
Step 2: Format your USB hard drive.
Step 3: Open the Disk Utility and format your drive.
Step 4: You can now use Time Machine wirelessly by connecting
the USB hard drive to your WNDR3800 router.
Step 5: From your MAC Desktop, open Macintosh HD.
Step 6: Click the Connect As button. In the pop-up window, select
Registered User, and enter admin as the user name and
password as the password. Click Connect.

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Step 7: After connecting successfully, you can list your connected
devices. Note that you see one extra device, called admin,
whenever you log in as admin.
Step 8: Click the Use for Backup button to complete your
selection.
Step 9: Enter the password (password), and the backup begins.

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