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.
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.