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40 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs
Connecting Additional Devices to Your AirPort Extreme Network
Connect a USB printer to the USB port of your Apple wireless device (in this example,
a Time Capsule) and everyone on the network can print to it. Connect a USB hub to the
USB port of an AirPort Extreme Base Station or a Time Capsule, and then connect a
hard disk and a printer so everyone on the network can access them.
If you connect a Time Capsule, you can use Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5.2
or later) to back up all of the Mac OS X Leopard computers on the network.
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What to Do
Follow the instructions in the previous sections to set up your AirPort Extreme
network depending on how you connect to the Internet or set up your wireless
network. Connect a USB hard disk, printer, or hub to the USB port on your
AirPort Extreme Base Station or Time Capsule.
Note: If you’re using an AirPort Express in your network, you can connect a USB printer
to the USB port, and everyone on the network can print to it. AirPort Express doesn’t
support connecting a USB hard disk.
DSL or cable modem
USB Printer
Time Capsule
to Internet
Ethernet WAN port
AirPort Extreme
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2.4 or 5 GHz
2.4 or 5 GHz
2.4 or 5 GHz