Thursday, February 17, 2011

Accessing USB storage on NetGear wifi

I just got a new NetGear DGN3500 DSL Modem/WIFI router. It has a USB port on the back for storage, but I could find no documentation for how to access it from the Mac. Here's how:
1) Open the NETGEAR web console (192.168.0.1)
2) Select USB Storage/Basic Settings
3) Copy the smb url (in my case, smb://readyshare/USB_STORAGE)
4) Open the Finder on the mac
5) Hit COMMAND-K
6) Paste the smb url into the Server Address field
7) Log in as guest (worked for me, anyway)