Overview, How to Install the USB Storage

Appendix B

How to Install and Access USB Storage

Appendix B: How to Install and Access USB Storage

Overview

This appendix explains how to connect and access an external USB storage device.

How to Install the USB Storage

1.Make sure your computer has a wired or wireless connection to the Router.

2.Connect an external USB hard drive or USB flash disk to the USB port of the Router.

3.Proceed to the next section, “How to Access the USB Storage”.

How to Access the USB Storage

Follow the instructions for your Windows operating system, XP or Vista.

Instructions for Windows XP

1.Click Start.

2.Click Search.

Click Search

3.Click Computers or people.

Click Computers or People

4.Click A computer on the network.

Click A Computer on the Network

5.In the Computer name field, enter WRT600N. Then click Search.

Enter WRT600N

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