AirPort drive intermittently dropping off network

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AirPort drive intermittently dropping off network

I have an AirPort Extreme and have attached a 1 TB drive via USB. My husband and I use this to store files and back-up our Macs. The problem is that it drops out of the network every few days. I mean, it is not discoverable on Finder or in AirPort Utility. If I do a soft reset, it will magically reappear as if nothing happened. Not the biggest inconvenience, but also not the ay it is supposed to be working. It is certainly not the way it used to work. Have I screwed up a setting?

Airport Extreme-OTHER

Posted on Jun 29, 2016 6:47 PM

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Jun 29, 2016 6:57 PM in response to rdh1971

The stability of USB connected hard disk has become less and less reliable with each OS upgrade.

See

Unreliable USB drive

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7367768?answerId=29430251022#29430251022&ac_cid=ha123456#29430251

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7536216

So far I don't know a solution.. there are some suggestions in the threads.. I was exceedingly disappointed when I tested it recently.. I feel sure the earlier gen TC and AE were better.

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