Can't find HD that is connected to airport extreme

I just bought airport extreme today, my wireless internet is working fine, but i can not find the external HD i connected to it.
???

the time capsule box is that new airport extreme they just came out with right? thing is, i have plenty of external hard drives and don't need or should have to spend money to get the same thing i have with a built in hard drive.
i appreciate the info, however i am REALLY hoping to find a permanent solution using what i have. if not, i guess i need to return it.
are there any other options out there, outside of apple that can provide this utility?

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Where can I find the MAC Address of a Airport Extreme ?
I need this to extend the wi fi range in my home. I'm using a Motorola Cable modem and to extend with Airport Extreme, I need to set up inside Motorola the MAC Address of the Airport Extreme.
Message was edited by: JPA3003

There are actually 3 MAC Addresses on an AirPort Extreme......1 for Ethernet, 1 for 2.4 GHz wireless and 1 for 5 GHz wireless.
You can normally see them by using AirPort Utility. The rub here is that the AirPort needs to be setup and working to be accessed by AirPort Utility.
The other approach is to look on the bottom of the AirPort. The newer AirPorts usually have this information in very small print, so a magnifying glass will probably be required. Other versions embed the numbers in the foam mat.
Note.....Apple uses proprietary settings for the their wireless "extend" feature.....designed to only allow other Apple devices to connect. So, it is extremely unlikely that the AirPort would be compatible with a 3rd party router if you are trying to use the AirPort to wirelessly extend the network.
Let us know if you are able to do this.

Why i can't find the external HDD plugged to airport extreme. i already format it with mac OS extended (journaled)

Why i can't find the external HDD plugged to airport extreme. i already format it with mac OS extended (journaled).
Does only certain branch of HDD can be connected to aireport extreme?
I collect some information and i knew i have to partiion the HDD into Mac OS extended (journaled),
and i did so. Still the usb HDD cannot be found.
The other question is, can i partition the HDD into two sections, one of it is Mac OS extended(journaled) while the other is Fat32?
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Thanks a lot if you have any suggestions.

I had tried to set up the connection via usinb a powered usb hub as the bridge between external HDD and the airport extreme. i still cannot found the HDD in the "airport utilities".
This is my setting.
1. Set airport extreme as "sharing-single-ip" mode. The wireless network functions correctly.
2. Connect external HDD to MBA. Partition it into single-partition with Mac OS extended (journaled).
3. The HDD can be found if i plugged it directly to my MBA.
4. Connect a powered usb hub to airport extreme.
5. Connect external HDD to the powered usb hub.
6. Open airport utilities.
a. Select "airport extreme" in the sidebar.
b. Change the "Disks" sheet.
7. Cannot find an external Disk
Is there any problem here?
Please help me. Thanks a lot!!

Can Time Machine backup USB Drive connected to Airport Extreme Base Station

I need a new N based wireless router. I would prefer to get just the $179 Base Station and not the $299 Time Capsule. I already have a nice external USB 500GB drive that I would connect to the AEBS. So, once I have this new wireless router/base station installed at home and I have the external USB drive connected to it, can my new Macbook Air with a USB connected 400GB drive be used to backup what is on the Macbook Air and also backup the 500GB USB drive info that is connected to the extreme base station?
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I found this when searching Apple's web site but it is old, October 2007, and said it could not be done. Has this changed since then?
Here is what I found.
Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine doesn't back up to AirPort Disks
* Last Modified on: October 26, 2007
* Article: 306833
Time Machine in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard can be used to back up to many kinds of Mac OS Extended-formatted drives, but it does not support AirPort Extreme's AirPort Disk feature.
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According to what I read, as of March, a year ago March, with update 7.3.1 Time Machine will see the USB hard drive connected to the Airport Extreme. This was working fine. It no longer does. I had the latest airport extreme software and firmware updates. I tried going back to 7.3.1.
Does any one have any idea how to make Time Machine work again when connected to my airport extreme?

bradleydad wrote:
According to what I read, as of March, a year ago March, with update 7.3.1 Time Machine will see the USB hard drive connected to the Airport Extreme. This was working fine. It no longer does. I had the latest airport extreme software and firmware updates. I tried going back to 7.3.1.
Does any one have any idea how to make Time Machine work again when connected to my airport extreme?
what exactly do you mean when you say that TM doesn't see the drive? do you mean you can not choose it as the destination TM drive in TM system preferences? do you see the airport drive mounted in finder? if yes, connect it directly to your mac and repair the disk (not permissions) with disk utility. then move it back to AEBS. see if that helps. if not try the following terminal command
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
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How do I find a hard drive connected to Airport Extreme Base Station?

*Apple Says:* "If your base station supports it, you can connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on your base station and computers on your network (both wired and wireless) can connect to it to access, share, and store files and data."
Cool. So I followed the instructions. The drive is recognized by the base station and listed in the Airport Utility. It looks like it's ready to go...
So... How do I access the drive? I don't see it on my desktop, it's not under network. I've tried "Connect to server..." and browsing, I can't see the drive, anywhere. Yeah, I've searched the crap out of this issue on google and this message board as well as apple support knowledge base. I'm sure this is a simple issue and I'm just missing the obvious. Help me out.

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Try the following to mount the disk...
o Click on the Desktop to enter Finder
o Go > Connect to Server...
o Enter 10.0.1.1 for the server
o Enter Disk Password
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Either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to one of the LAN ports of the AEBSn, and then, using the AirPort Utility in Manual Mode, check these settings:
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o Guest Access: <Not allowed | Read only | Read and write>
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o Advertise disks globally using Bonjour: (unchecked)
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Can you search an external hdd connected via airport extreme

I have my western digital 500gb harddrive connected to my airport extreme so I can use my HD wirelessly. I tried searching for files in my wireless harddrive through finder, but it doesn't seem to search it, only on my macbook itself. Is it possible to search the harddrive wirelessly?

Smokerz,
could you explain??
I spent over an hour with Apple Tech support and they said that Finder/Spotlight WILL NOT search a networked drive. However, I did find a bit of a work around:
1. In Finder Preferences: General - Select check box - 'Always open folders in new window'
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7. In the Search column, This Mac and Contents are selected in Dark Grey. You should see
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If there is an easier way, could you please explain. TIA
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PS - If you try to select your networked drive in a new window as in step 5, this still won't work. You can only select specific folders within the drive. Lastly, you can move all your folders and files to 1 folder, however, this increases the search time (My network drive is 320GB in size and a search for 1 known file took just over 3 minutes).

Can't delete files from HD connected to AirPort Extreme

Hello. I have a 802.11n Airport Extreme base station, and connected to it I have an Iomega 750GB UltraMax hard drive. I can read and write to the hard drive OK, but whenever I try to delete a single file from the HD, it takes FOREVER. When I try to delete multiple items that add up to many gigs of data, I eventually lose the connection between my Mac and the Airport and need to reset the Airport and run the setup utility to get things back up and running again.
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==================== Carbon Copy Cloner (v. 3.1.2): 2008-11-24 10:19:35 -0500 ====================
Operating System: Version 10.5.5 (Build 9F33)
Hardware:
hw.machine: i386
hw.model: iMac7,1
hw.logicalcpu: 2
hw.physmem: 2147483648
vm.loadavg: { 0.23 0.18 0.11 }
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Used: 345.05 GB
Available: 120.39 GB
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Archive: No
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10:19:36 Authenticating...
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Can't get PC laptop to connect to Airport Extreme base station. Help!

I've spent a lot of quality time on the phone with support staff at Apple, Earthlink, and Netgear. Now I turn to you fine folks.
I have an Airport Extreme base station. My G4 is connected to the base station via ethernet, and that works fine. My problem is with the wireless networking with our Dell laptop running Windows XP SP2. Wireless card is a Netgear WG511 with updated firmware. I've configured the network on the PC end using the Netgear Smart Wizard, rather than Windows (I don't know if that makes any difference).
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GoldHill wrote:
USB Backup drive connected to USB port on Airport Extreme. Running system 10.5.5
On my Macbook Pro, which I connect wirelessly, I was able to start Time Machine... Time Machine saw the backup drive and did a backup.. Yes it took a long time!! Anyway all is cool with that.
My iMac is connected to the Airport Extreme by Ethernet. On the iMac when I started Time Machine, it does not see the backup hard drive. I can see and share the hard drive... works fine. But no luck with TM seeing the hard drive on the iMac.
Questions is will Time Machine work with a computer that is connected to airport extreme by ethernet. If yes how o you set it up and what might be wrong??
yes, it should work. hard to say what's wrong. try the following terminal command. it should not be necessary but it should help.
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
One other important thing to mention. At first I plugged my new backup hard drive directly into the iMac with firewire 800. I started time machine and started the backup. I then stopped that backup and plugged the backup hard drive into the Airport extreme (USB port) I then trashed the partial backup folder off the backup hard drive. Is it possible that on the iMac there is still some TM file there pointing to the old original backup file??
have you emptied trash? you should. the files won't really be deleted till you do. there is one other hidden file but it should not be necessary to remove it.
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