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Can the airport express be used with USB external hard drives

  • 25-03-2008 1:05am
    #1
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭


    I'm thinking of getting an airport express and using an external hard drive with it. I was hoping that you might be able to connect a external hard drive to the USB connector and share this across the wireless network. It would seem really cool as the speed is now 802.11n.

    I know this can be done using the airport extreme but i'm not too sure if this can be done using an airport express.

    Is there much of a price difference between the two devices. I love the Airtunes ability on the express but it's not included on the airport extreme

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    No you can't. It integrates with iTunes etc, and so a plain hard drive won't work with it.
    If it did, you can be pretty damn sure that Apple would advertise this and try to pass it off as their invention.


  • #3
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭swingking


    pity cause I would love to have that feature. Is there any product that's similar to the airport express that would have that feature.

    I love the airport express cause it's small, has the airtunes feature and can be used as a wireless access point.


  • #4
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    I have a hard drive hooked up to my Airport Express, why don't you do that?


  • #5
    WUSBDesign
    Closed Accounts Posts: 549 ✭✭✭WUSBDesign


    Aren't there TWO modes of operation for this Airport Express?


  • #6
    fasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭fasty


    Airport Express can't use a USB HD in any mode of operation as far as I know.


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  • #7
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭swingking


    Oriel wrote: »
    I have a hard drive hooked up to my Airport Express, why don't you do that?

    Do you mean airport extreme :confused:


  • #8
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    swingking wrote: »
    Do you mean airport extreme :confused:
    Yes.


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