Question about connecting hard drive to Airport Extreme

[mgpg89]

I'd like to connect a hard drive to my Airport Extreme so I can access it from anywhere within my network.

However, if I connect my Mac to the Airport Extreme using an Ethernet cable, I'd be able to read/write to this drive blazing fast, right? (or will I still have to access it wirelessly?)

If so, how do these Ethernet speeds compare to Firewire 800 ?

 

[GoCubsGo]

It depends on your ethernet really but I'll cite gigabit ethernet.
Anyway:

USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps
Firewire800 = close to 800 Mbps
Gigabit ethernet = 1000 Mpbs

I believe.

And if you are hardwired into the AEBS then it should access it via the cable and not over the internet. I've never tried and I do have drive plugged into my AEBS but I access it over my wifi.

Oh I found this old thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/292164/

 

[mgpg89]

It depends on your ethernet really but I'll cite gigabit ethernet.
Anyway:

USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps
Firewire800 = close to 800 Mbps
Gigabit ethernet = 1000 Mpbs

I believe.

And if you are hardwired into the AEBS then it should access it via the cable and not over the internet. I've never tried and I do have drive plugged into my AEBS but I access it over my wifi.

However, seeing I'll connect that drive to the AEBS using USB, the USB connection will be the bottleneck, right?

I also want to connect a drive to the AEBS to use it as a media drive so I can stream the content to my AppleTV (jailbroken).

Good idea?