Wireless Storage Over Airport Express

[Designer Dale]

I really like my wireless desktop but want to have access to either my self powered Toshiba HD or the Western Digital 500GB MyBook. I don't want to give up wireless printing but only have one USB port to work with. Can I use a powered USB hub to act as a port multiplier and access both my printer and HD?
I read the Airport FAQ at Apple. It gives a green light for using a powered hub and several printers, but doesn't address HDDs.
I know, they want to sell me Time Capsule.

Thanks in advance.

 

[flopticalcube]

Airport Express cannot access hard drives over the USB. The Airport Extreme Base Station can and can use a USB hub to access multiple drives and printers.

 

[Designer Dale]

Thanks. I should have gone for the Extreme in the first place.
One wire won't kill me.

 

[Makosuke]

If it makes you feel any better, the performance is going to be a lot better with a direct connection than wireless. Even with a gigabit hardwired connection to my AEBS (which is theoretically much faster than USB2) I was disappointed by the speed--much slower than the same drive shared from a Mac mini, and I would periodically get weird errors with it, too.