Remote access to USB hdd on airport extreme

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Remote access to USB hdd on airport extreme

I have a mac mini and airport extreme. I have been looking through the questions to find out how to allow my family to access the hdd wired via USB to the airport extreme. I have been able to find the ip address of the airport extreme but then look for the manual setup button/section but cannot find it.

My family will be using pc laptops so will need to know the setting required.

I guess I am look for an idiots step by step guide on how to do this as I have been able to do everything else but feel I am missing something. Please help.

Thanks,

Mark

Mac mini

Posted on Jun 4, 2012 6:02 AM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Jun 4, 2012 10:47 AM in response to 76ms

Please check out the following AirPort User Tip for details on several methods to setup remote access to an AirPort Disk.

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Jun 4, 2012 11:04 AM in response to Tesserax

Is there a page by visual page by page guide to one of these solutions?

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Jun 4, 2012 11:40 AM in response to 76ms

Sorry, not that I'm aware of.

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76ms Author

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Jun 5, 2012 2:47 AM in response to Tesserax

When I click the airport base station the only button that appears is a edit button. Could this be the manual setup button?

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Jun 5, 2012 3:04 AM in response to 76ms

Update. Looking at the setting up wireless network video in support. My airport utility screen is different. The window shows a image of the world and a image of the AEBS. Do in need to update software?

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Jun 5, 2012 8:48 AM in response to 76ms

It appears that you are using version 6 of the AirPort Utility. You can download a more full-featured version (5.6), which can coexist with version 6, from Apple Support here. Note: Both of these versions are new for OS X Lion. The User Tip is referrencing version 5.x of the AirPort Utility.

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Jun 5, 2012 11:28 AM in response to Tesserax

This help greatly. It has asked after following option 3 in the airport user tip that I "the DHCP range you have entered conflicts with the WAN IP address of your apple wi-fi base station" what do I need to change?

Also will this allow access from a remote windows pc or just a mac?

Thanks.

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Tesserax

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Jun 5, 2012 2:06 PM in response to 76ms

The tip assumes that your AirPort Extreme is connected directly to a broadband modem and not downstream of another router or combination modem/router.

I have verifed that these procedures will work for a remote Mac. I have not verified the same for PCs running any other operating system.

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Jun 5, 2012 2:42 PM in response to Tesserax

Hi, my AEBS is wired to my BT homehub 2. Is this not the broadband modem?

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Jun 5, 2012 2:59 PM in response to 76ms

Your BT Homehub is both a broadband modem and router in one unit. Again, the tip will NOT work in this configuration and it would be the Homehub that you would have to make the port mapping settings for, not the AirPort Extreme. In this case, your AirPort would be performing as a NAS server on the local network and you would need to port map from the Homehub to the AirPort.

I suggest that you take a look at this Gigaom article that provides you with the necessary steps. Note: It references a Time Capsule, but it equally applies to the AirPort Extreme. Good luck!

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