Airport Extreme USB -- Use for other USB Peripherals?

[larry98765]

Hi All,

I'm investigating the Airport Extreme Base Station, and was wondering:

1) Can I use the USB port (on the model that has it) to share things other than a printer -- a scanner for instance?

2) If so, could I also add a USB hub to that port for sharing more than one device?

3) For printer sharing, if I had the proper driver on a networked PC, could I print to the shared USB printer (such as an HP Inkjet) from the PC through the Base Station?

Thanks!

 

[Gnomo]

1) Doubtful. The USB port is part of a built in print server. So, you access the printer via IP address.

2) Again, doubtful.

3) Yes, you can access the print server from a PC. I wrote out the steps once, here is a link: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28588

 

[larry98765]

Thank you, Gnomo!