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January 11, 2007
MWSF07: New AirPort Extreme to Feature USB Drive Sharing
San Francisco -- The new AirPort Extreme Base Station, which will feature a backwards-compatible 802.11n networking protocol, will also include a USB Disk sharing feature called AirPort Disk according to an article on The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
The feature can wirelessly share USB hard drives (including both the 1.1 and 2.0 standards) as well printers (even if the devices are connected through a USB hub). A Bonjour connection can allow allow access to devices via AFP and SMP while a setup utility can configure the drive to automatically mount volumes when the user boots or logs into the computer. Access to specific files and folders can also be restricted and controlled. The setup utility, which only works with the new Base Station router, is available on the software CD that ships with the unit.
The new AirPort Extreme Base Station will be available in February and retail for $179.
Posted by chrisbarylick at January 11, 2007 6:26 PM
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I have my cable modem sitting next to my entertainment center. It is plugged into an Airport Express, which serves the internet throughout my apartment. I also stream iTunes to my stereo receiver through it, and have a networked laser printer attached to its USB port. I was hoping to upgrade with the appleTV device, but that does not appear to be an internet router. This base station doesn't have an audio out port. It seems like I will need two devices to replace my airport express in order to have audio/video streaming and wireless internet. Bummer.
Posted by: Dustin at January 12, 2007 9:59 AM
You mention AFP or SMP, I have not heard of SMP for file protocol. Are you sure it is SMP? If so elaborate. In my book SMP is Simultaneous Multiple Processing, or Simple Messaging Platform.
Posted by: gen_eric at January 16, 2007 12:31 PM
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