Netgear AC1900 Nighthawk™ Owner's Manual

To connect to the USB storage device as a different user, select the Connect using 

different credentials check box, click the Finish button, and do the following:
a. Type the user name and password.
b.  Click the OK button.

The USB storage device is mapped to the drive letter that you specified.

Your router comes with free backup software for all the Windows computers in your home. 
Connect a USB hard disk drive (HDD) to the USB port on your router for centralized, 
continuous, and automatic backup.

The following operating systems support ReadySHARE Vault:

Windows XP SP3

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10

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Connect a USB HDD to a USB port on the router.

The blue, USB 3.0 port on the front of the router performs faster than the USB 2.0 port on 
the rear panel of the router.

Download ReadySHARE Vault from 

 and install it on each 

Windows computer.

Launch ReadySHARE Vault.

The dashboard displays.

Use the dashboard or the Backup tab to set up and run your backup jobs.

You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard disk drive 
(HDD) that is connected to one of the router’s USB ports. You can access the connected 
USB hard drive from your Mac with a wired or wireless connection to your router.

NETGEAR recommends that you use a new USB HDD or format your old USB HDD to do 
the Time Machine backup for the first time. Use a blank partition to prevent some issues 
during backup using Time Machine. The router supports GUID or MBR partitions.