Airport Extreme Basestation- USB HUB?

i gotta question.. i was wondering i can add a 4 port USB HUB to the Extreme Base so i can use my printer and have my External Hard-drive and scanner on the server.. is this possible...? i tried it but i can get it to work doesn't even reconze that a usb is connected. Please help me anyone thanks!.

i gotta question.. i was wondering i can add a 4 port
USB HUB to the Extreme Base so i can use my printer
and have my External Hard-drive and scanner on the
server.. is this possible...?
As already stated no this is not possible.
i tried it but i can
get it to work doesn't even reconze that a usb is
connected.
You may want to invesitgate the Keyspan USB Server.
http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/server/
iFelix

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Rufus Cat-
Even if it was compatible, AirPrint does not work through a USB link, only Ethernet or WiFi.
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This has probably been covered before and I didn't find it. So I apologize...
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Another "me too" post I'm afraid, but the difference for me is that it used to work just fine - sustained 7-10MB/sec
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Googling the problem returned plenty of hits (many from these forums) but they all date from 2007-2011 - this thread is the only one I found post-2011 - so my assumption was that it was an old problem that had long since been fixed, and that seemed to be the case as it's worked fine for me up until recently.
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