Access Hdd/printer via Airport extreme via connecting thru existing network....help plz

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Access Hdd/printer via Airport extreme via connecting thru existing network....help plz

hi...!!!!

i have got a belkin wifi router and i have been using this for ever but now since i have the Airport extreme i wanted it to connect it to my existing network and access my seagate HDD wirelessly and obviously printing as well without hooking up any ethernet or any kind of cable to my Airport extreme router....

is there any possible chance for this????????

help plzzz

the reason i cant use cables is beacuse all my printer, hdd and airport extreme, n airport express is in one separate room and the internet modem and the router is in different location.....

My Airport Express worked perfectly fine printing wirelessly and using air tunes wirelessly through connecting it to my existing Belkin wifi.....but somehow my Airport extreme doesnt seem to be happy with me doing the same process....

i would appreciate any kind of help i may get.....

here are some of my screen shots for AIR PORT EXPRESS and AIRPORT EXTREME

that last bottom pic is that on airport extreme disk tab i can see my seagate HDD but on a finder i dont see anything..

help plzz...!!!!!!!!

Posted on Aug 25, 2012 10:35 AM

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CMCSK

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Aug 25, 2012 10:43 AM in response to sachraj

Try the suggestions mentioned in the article Printer troubleshooting for AirPort Base Stations and Time Capsule

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sachraj Author

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Aug 25, 2012 10:51 AM in response to CMCSK

i will try it definitely..but is it even possible to access ma hdd an print wirelessly thru AE without hooking up into any sort of cables???

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sachraj Author

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Aug 25, 2012 10:51 AM in response to sachraj

and yes ...

thanks for getting back to me this quick

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sachraj Author

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Aug 25, 2012 11:00 AM in response to sachraj

and this is not certainly helping me out....it has described more bout the printer which is good but it has not said anything bout the HDD....and m giving more importance to access my HDD because printer i still can access through my airport express but my with my hdd, i have been having trouble accessing through airport extreme...

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CMCSK

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Aug 25, 2012 11:02 AM in response to sachraj

sachraj wrote:

i will try it definitely..but is it even possible to access ma hdd an print wirelessly thru AE without hooking up into any sort of cables???

I gather you mean hooking up cables to your computer? If so the answer is yes. My printer is hooked up to my Airport Extreme through its usb port. I can print wireless flawlessly.