Airport Extreme USB Hub

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Airport Extreme USB Hub

Has anyone had luck with connecting a USB hub to add more USB ports to their Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). I want to connect a couple of hard drives to the AEBS for wireless access. Someone told me it has never worked. Anyone do this and can explain to me what equipment they used, so that I can duplicate.

Also wondering if anyone has copying problems to their external hard drives through the AEBS. I cannot get anything to copy, it gives me a couple of different errors. Anyone have some trouble shooting or fixes they can share?

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MacBook Pro 2008 + iMac 2008, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Jun 19, 2010 10:48 AM

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Answer 1

Jolly Giant

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Jun 19, 2010 10:52 AM in response to Courtney.Solen

Courtney.Solen wrote:
Has anyone had luck with connecting a USB hub to add more USB ports to their Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS).

yes, me 😉

if the hub is powered, you shouldn't have any issues.

J GG

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Answer 2

Jun 19, 2010 11:49 AM in response to Courtney.Solen

Also wondering if anyone has copying problems to their external hard drives through the AEBS. I cannot get anything to copy, it gives me a couple of different errors. Anyone have some trouble shooting or fixes they can share?

You didn't tell us if you have the drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), which is the best format for Mac. A FAT 32 format scheme can work as well if file sizes are not too large. A drive pre-formatted for Windows in NFTS won't work correctly at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme.

If your drives are in a compatible format, have you checked the drives for errors using Disk Utility on your Mac?

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Answer 3

Jun 21, 2010 3:41 PM in response to Bob Timmons

It is FAT32,, I have checked it numerous times. It comes out alright. The problem is a error -50, if I remember right, I am doing this from memory. I can read no problem, but copying gives it fits. Also if things are within folders and I am copying folders it will not complete the copy.

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