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If I decide to use an Airport Extreme to allow myself to use an external USB hard drive and USB printer wirelessly, can I use a USB hub with the Airport Extreme? I ask this because the Airport Extreme only has one USB port, but I have two USB devices I'd like to use. I just want to make sure data won't get all gobbled up in that USB bottleneck.
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According to MacWorld, yes, you can. I'll see if I can dig up the link to the article.
Here's the article: http://www.macworld.com/2007/01/firs...reme/index.php Quote:
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Great!
Thanks. Can anyone recommend a good, reliable USB hub? Or are they all the same? |
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Will do.
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I got a 4 port hub from Staples for about $25. Seems to be working fine although I had to create some space between the drive, the Airport and the hub as the airport disk utility was telling me the drive was corrupt until I separated all the units. I assume the Airport was picking up something from the cables?
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uhhh? what i dont understand what ur saying? |
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I put the USB drive right on top of the airport extreme, and as long as they were stacked like that, Airport utilities kept saying that the disk was corrupt and told me to use disk utilities to repair the drive, which I did, but it didn't change anything. It wasn't until I moved the drive away from the Airport that everything started working fine. What part didn't you understand?
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It really does make a difference with the radiation that is going to cause interference with your hub and drive etc. While it's a relatively low wattage out, it is pretty strong at point blank range. Not ot mention, you shouldn't put anything on top of the AirPort Extreme as it will shorten your distance/reception too. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Thanks. It turns out I'm not the only one with the problem and it looks like proximty isn't the issue. The Apple support forum is full of people saying their Aiprot goes to flashing amber when they turn on the external hard drive that's hooked to a USB hub. Mine did it again last night and they're well apart from each other now. It looks like the workaround is to disconnect the AE from the power and then turn on the hard drive, and then turn on the AE. Not sure what's causing it but the fix is somewhat annying.
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