I'm just curious. Does anyone know if it's possible (or of there's a hack) to connect an external hard drive to an Airport Base Station and share the drive over the network... I have a couple of PowerBooks and would like to buy a 120GB drive to share wirelessly. Any ideas?
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Attach External HD to Airport
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As a fellow laptop user i have to say that if that were possible it would be great. im really surprised apple hasnt allowed more connections on the airports. a usb and firewire port would be great. that way a airport could server as a print server and file server.
perhaps the easiest way to work around this is to get some old pre g3 mac (can buy these for like $20) connect it to your airport and use that as your file server. definietly not the best solution but perhaps the only feasible one.
perhaps the easiest way to work around this is to get some old pre g3 mac (can buy these for like $20) connect it to your airport and use that as your file server. definietly not the best solution but perhaps the only feasible one.
Old 8100
Yes, I had considered that. I have an old 8100 under my bed that I could use. Except that I wanted to get an external firewire drive... and I don't want to upgrade the 8100. I guess I could get an internal SCSI drive, it just wouldn't be portable. Oh well...
Yes, I had considered that. I have an old 8100 under my bed that I could use. Except that I wanted to get an external firewire drive... and I don't want to upgrade the 8100. I guess I could get an internal SCSI drive, it just wouldn't be portable. Oh well...
Yes, quite easy.
But rather expensive.
They're called Network Area Storage devices. They connect by Ethernet or occasionally FW.
$500.00 USD to $5000.00 USD
Storage from 40Gb to 400Gb
Requires a 2.0 base station or a 1.0 base station w/ 10/100 Base-T Ethernet hub. It may also work with virtual base station, but I haven't tried it.
I hope this answered your question.
But rather expensive.
They're called Network Area Storage devices. They connect by Ethernet or occasionally FW.
$500.00 USD to $5000.00 USD
Storage from 40Gb to 400Gb
Requires a 2.0 base station or a 1.0 base station w/ 10/100 Base-T Ethernet hub. It may also work with virtual base station, but I haven't tried it.
I hope this answered your question.
Or if you have an infinite budget:
Go to [url:http://www.bluearc.com]
Really cool but VERY expensive.
Go to [url:http://www.bluearc.com]
Really cool but VERY expensive.
Yes, but...
Where can I get one? (Network Area Storage devices) I've done some looking on the web, but I can't seem to find anything in an online store. Is this something you can just go out and buy?
Where can I get one? (Network Area Storage devices) I've done some looking on the web, but I can't seem to find anything in an online store. Is this something you can just go out and buy?
Yep
Go to : [url:http://www.macmall.com]
[url:http://www.macwarehouse.com]
or
[url:http://www.maczone.com]
The nicest one seems to be the SNAP server. Search under NAS, SNAP or storage.
Go to : [url:http://www.macmall.com]
[url:http://www.macwarehouse.com]
or
[url:http://www.maczone.com]
The nicest one seems to be the SNAP server. Search under NAS, SNAP or storage.