AirPort Extreme 802.11n & External Hard Drive

[jaws01]

Just got the new AirPort Extreme and was wonder about the USB input on it. I wanted to get a USB and connect 3 external hard drives, is this possible? or do i risk the chance of damaging the AirPort Extreme Base Station?

 

[crazzyeddie]

You just need to hook a self-powered USB hub up to the Airport Extreme and you can use up to 7 (I think) hard drives or printers. Don't try to read/write to more than one at the same time though... it will be slow, very slow.

 

[Stratification]

From the Apple site:

Do everything.
What if you’d like to exchange files over your wireless network and still have access to a network printer? Easy. Just connect a USB hub to AirPort Extreme and attach your devices to the hub. Share both a printer and a hard drive, multiple printers, or multiple hard drives.

 

[macleod199]

Just got the new AirPort Extreme and was wonder about the USB input on it. I wanted to get a USB and connect 3 external hard drives, is this possible? or do i risk the chance of damaging the AirPort Extreme Base Station?

I really don't think you'd damage the router. You might corrupt some data on your hard drives, in the worst case.