How to: Many Network USB Drives

-BigMac-

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Dec 27, 2012

• #1

Hi Guys.

What i want is simple:

- 3 to 5 external USB Drives connected to my network at all times.

How do i do this? 5 Airport Extremes is really quite impractical 🙂

Thanks a lot 😀

 

-BigMac-

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Dec 28, 2012

• #2

300 views and no suggestions? 😕

 

Weaselboy

Moderator

Staff member

• Dec 28, 2012

• #3

-BigMac- said:

Hi Guys.

What i want is simple:

- 3 to 5 external USB Drives connected to my network at all times.

How do i do this? 5 Airport Extremes is really quite impractical 🙂

Thanks a lot 😀

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Read this. Connect a powered USB hub to the Airport Extreme, then connect the drives to the hub.

 

-BigMac-

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Dec 28, 2012

• #4

Weaselboy said:

Read this. Connect a powered USB hub to the Airport Extreme, then connect the drives to the hub.

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thats awesome, wasnt sure if the Extreme would work with a usb hub, glad to see it does 🙂

thanks a lot 😀