Netgear WNDRMAC Installation Manual

How to Print and Use Time Machine

A Guide for Using Time Machine and
Bonjour Printing with your WNDRMAC Router

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This document describes how to run the Time Machine® and
Bonjour™ printing applications for use with your NETGEAR
WNDRMAC router.

Setting Up Time Machine

Note: If you are already using Time

Machine software with your
USB hard drive, you can skip

Steps 1 through 3 and go to
Step 4.

Step 1:

Physically connect the USB hard drive to your Mac.

Step 2: On your Mac, go to the magnifying glass at the top right of

the desktop, and search for disk utility.

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Step 3: Open the Disk Utility and format your drive, as shown

here.

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Note: The WMDRMAC router supports

GUID and MBR partitions only.
To see how to change the
partition scheme, see “Changing
the Partition Scheme” on
page 16.

Step 4:

the USB hard drive to your WNDRMAC router.

To access the connected USB hard drive from your Mac or PC:

You can now use Time Machine wirelessly by connecting

• On a Mac:

Go > Connect to Server >
type: smb://readyshare

• On a PC:

Start > Run >
type: //readyshare

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.

Note: If you are backing up a large

amount of data, before you
continue, see “Before You Back
up a Large Amount of Data” on
page 8.

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Step 8: Click the Use for Backup button to complete your

selection.

Step 9: Enter the password (password) and backup begins.

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Before You Back up a Large Amount of Data

Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine,
NETGEAR recommends that you do the following to ensure a
successful operation:

Step 1: Upgrade the operating system of the Mac machine.

Step 2: Verify and repair the backup disk and the local disk.

Step 3: Verify and repair the permissions on the local disk.

Step 4: Set Energy Saver.

a. From the Apple menu, select

System Preferences.

b. From the View menu, select Energy Saver.

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c. On the Energy Saver screen, select

Wake for Ethernet network access.

d. Click the Back arrow to exit this screen. Your changes

will be saved.

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