Can I use an Apple AirPort Extreme as a NAS?

Here’s how you can connect an external drive to your Apple AirPort Extreme WiFi base station and use it as NAS (network attached storage). Currently, the company ships three WiFi base stations – the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and the AirPort Time Capsule.

Can I connect a hard drive to my AirPort Extreme?

If you’re using an AirPort Extreme: You can connect an additional USB hard disk to the USB port on your base station. If you connect a USB hub to an AirPort Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme: You can connect several hard disks to the hub.

How do I add a hard drive to my Apple AirPort Extreme?

Connecting the Hard Drive to the AirPort Extreme

Open the AirPort Utility application. (It’s in Applications → Utilities.) The window shown below appears.
Click Manual Setup.
Click Disks. The window shown below appears.
Click File Sharing. The window shown below appears.
Select the Enable file sharing checkbox.

Can I connect an external drive to my Apple AirPort Extreme?

Here’s how you can connect an external drive to your Apple AirPort Extreme WiFi base station and use it as NAS (network attached storage). We’ve always known Apple for their mobile devices and range of computers, but very few people know that the company also makes WiFi routers.

Does the AirPort Extreme support network storage?

The AirPort Extreme supports sharing data and printers via the Internet, but this feature is available only to Mac users. The biggest issue I have with the router, however, is the limited support for network storage features. While the AirPort Extreme doesn’t have internal storage of its own, you can add an external hard drive to its USB port.

Is the Apple AirPort Extreme base station worth it?

CNET may get a commission from these offers. The Good Apple’s new compact and beautiful AirPort Extreme Base Station supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi, is easy to use, and offers solid performance. The Bad Other than the new design and 802.11ac, there are no other improvements over the previous generation.

Does the Apple AirPort Extreme support airplay?

Like the new Time Capsule, the new AirPort Extreme doesn’t support AirPlay, either. For that, you need to get the AirPort Express, which is, for now, still the only router that supports this music playback feature of Apple’s.