[Hidden-tech] Airport Extreme - printer

[Frank Aronson]

Generally, it's best to have a powered hub - especially with Apple, I've
found.  I've seen USB peripherals just fail to work because they were
pulling more juice from the machine than was available, all without a hint
from the OS of what was wrong.  

 

Frank

 

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Frieda
Reichsman
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:38 AM
To: Jeff Rutherford
Cc: Hidden-Tech
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Airport Extreme - printer

 

On May 24, 2007, at May 24, 8:56 AM, Jeff Rutherford wrote:





There is a USB port on the back of the Airport Extreme for connecting a
printer or a external hard drive. Is it possible to use a USB extension so
that I can plug a printer and external hard drive to that USB port
simultaneously vs. having to constantly plug and unplug the printer and
external hard drive?


Hi Jeff, 

 

According to Apple, yes - you can use a USB hub to plug both your printer
and external drive into your Airport Extreme. I've been reading up on this,
so this is not based on experience, but it is documented by Apple - can't
give you a URL, tho - been reading too many different reviews, descriptions
etc.

 

I also read some posts in a blog, one that commented that the hub had to
have its own power source, another that contradicted this directly, saying
no power source was required for the hub itself. Maybe someone else can
confirm this.

 

Frieda

 

 

 

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