Can you connect VIA USB port on Airport Express?

I have a Airport Express and have the ethernet port used already. Is is possible to use the USB port to hard wire a computer to the Express? I know it meant for a printer but dont need it for that use.

Sorry, but no. The USB port on the AirPort Express is designed to only support USB printers.

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Can you connect a USB drive to Airport Extreme or an Airport base for TM

Would like to backup MacBooks in 2 different scenarios with Time Machine. One is a USB external drive attached to Airport Extreme and the other is doing the same with an Airport base. Will both work? Also, I have been partitioning the direct USB attached hard drives so that I have a Time Machine partion and a copy of the internal hard drive. This allows my kids to boot from the external drive and still work in case the internal drive has failed or becomes corrupted. So far we have experienced 3 internal drive failures, one during finals and this has saved them. Can you boot from an external drive copy of the internal drive if it is connected to either an Airport Extreme or Airport base?

I am confused as on another site I saw that the Time Machine backup to Airport Extreme was working than broken by an update in 2008, then fixed again by another update in Oct. 2008. So is it officially supported or not. I cannot say that I am impressed with Apple's documentation and updates to what is supported and what is not.
Kappy, I do not see the concern with partitioning a drive and then taking backups to one partition and having a Restore created copy of the hard drive in another. The drive is partitioned and that should keep one partition from overlaying the other. The windows world had used partioning successfully for many years. Apple does have a slick ability to boot from a copy of the OS which is on an external drive. It has saved my kids multiple times when something has gotten hosed up on the internal drive, including a Mac mini with a drive failure during dinal exams and two drive failures on a Macbook. It lets the kids access the internet and get theri work done albiet with a static copy of the OS taken some time in the past. My son was even able to copy to the external drive all of his documents, music and photos off the internal drive that would not boot. Of course he had not learned the value of Time Machine at that point.

HP 4250 Photosmart via USB port of Airport Express with OS10.6.8

I cannot see the printer as a network printer. I have updated the appropriate drivers for this printer for OS10.6.x. I have gone through the Airport Express Utility troubleshooting such as restarting printer and Airport, deleting and re-adding printer, updating Airport firmware, etc. Printer works fine with direct connection to same computer. How do I get my system to recognize the printer location and connect via the Airport?

I know this is an older post, but wanted to provide some assistance if still needed.
It looks like this should work. Review the steps in this document from HP just in case anything may have been missed.
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Can I connect a Vonage / Basic Talk pjone to the USB port on Airport Express that is connected to a cable modem?

Can I connect a Vonage / Basic Talk pjone to the USB port on Airport Express that is connected to a cable modem?

No: Uses for the USB port of Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express

How do I make my printer more secure while connected via USB to my Airport?

So a neighbor (a friend, fortunately) accidentally installed my printer on her computer via the network (her computer showed it as a 'Bonjour' printer) and started printing stuff, even though my printer is connected to an encrypted Airport Extreme.
My printer (an old HP deskjet 5550) is connected via USB to my Airport Extreme, which has a WPA2 secure password protecting it. Also, the "Share this printer" box was unchecked in the printer utility.
The DSL lines for me and my 20 condo neighbors all convene in the basement somewhere into one or several master routers.
I'm concerned about this breach of security (obviously) and wondering about security of my iMac as well. The iMac is connected to the base station wirelessly and has the firewall set to 'Set access for specific services and apps'.
I figured if the Airport Extreme has the WPA2 password set (and no one else knows the password) that no one would be able to gain access to the printer that is wired to it, or the iMac that's wirelessly connected.
What am I missing? How did this happen? and what can I do to ensure my network isn't visible or vulnerable to my neighbors or others with bad intent?

are there settings in the airport utility that you can adjust to make it unshareable from the router?
The "bonjourness" of the access to your printer suggests that your firewall is probably doing its job.
If your DSL connection is connected to the WAN port on the AE then the folks on the DSL side of your set up should only be able to see things on your LAN that you've set for 'access from the internet'. e.g. allow access to my printer/disk/... from the internet.
For printers there's an airport utility setting 'share printers over ethernet WAN port' and 'advertise printers globally using bonjour'. How's that set?

Mac pro does not recognize ipad device when connected via usb port, suggestions?

mac pro running os 10.6.8 does not recognize ipad device when connected via usb port, suggestions? itunes 10.7

Here's a troubleshooting assistant: http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/
The most likely issue: Have you plugged your iPad into a USB port that is not directly part of your MacBook Pro?

Can you connect via thunderbolt a mac book air 13" (2013) and a imac 21" (2013) together, using the iMac 21" as a 2nd screen

Can you connect via thunderbolt a mac book air 13" (2013) and a imac 21" (2013) together, using the iMac 21" as a 2nd screen

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Been trying to use an external memory card reader with my macbook air- connecting via usb port, air does not recognize device nor the microSD card from my gopro - help

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Can you connect a usb-cd/dvd rom to the new ipad and rip cds to the library?

can you connect a powered usb cd/dvd rom to the newest ipad via the connector and rip cds directly?? can the pad process this w/o a special app or add on/ or at all?

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Rip your CD/DVD on computer and sync/copy to iPad

Jetpack 5510l has no wifi signal - can only connect via usb to get Internet.

Bought this device on a Thursday and it worked flawlessly - until Saturday. The device has had a consistent connection to Verizon, but on Saturday the wifi began to 'go out.' The device showed everything was working, but the wifi radio seems to have just turned off (after intermittently failing for a period of a couple hours). We tried several different devices, none showed a working wifi signal coming from the mifi by the end of the day.
What we have done so far:
Rebooted.
Removed battery (after shutting down), restarted.
Used hard-reset button.
Used web intefrace to turn wifi on and off - and on, changed ssid, passphrase, reset again (after each phase we also gave it an hour to see if the signal would return).
Nothing has gotten the wifi from the device back online - it's as if either the radio or wifi antenna is completely broken. We attempt to connect using 3 or 4 different devices - so it is most certainly the mifi. There are no errors from the device - is there a debug / test mode?
Our current workaround is to connect via usb to a Macbook and just share the internet connection - which works great, but makes travel a bit more difficult if a computer has to be connected to allow us to have a wifi signal (not from the mifi).
Regards.

Taking the Jetpack apart is going to void your warranty. I would not suggest going down that road until your warranty is up. Instead give VZW a call and have them ship you a replacement under the warranty service agreement. You have done a perfect job of isolating the problem to a wifi radio issue. Its easy to recreate and confirm which will make the phone call fairly quick. Unless you got sold on some kind of Best Buy warranty and prefer to go through them, VZW is going to be your best bet at getting a speedy replacement.

Can i connect a printer to the usb port on airport express

I've setup my Airport Express 802.11n with my HP Deskjet D2600 series printer, reset, reconfigured, etc. but it is still saying "Printer is offline" when I try to print. What am I missing?

Never mind - I tried "rebooting". I hate it how that always works!

How much power can deliver the USB port on AirPort Express?

I am developing an appliance that requieres access to a WiFi router and a power source (UL 60950-1 compliant) of less than one watt (100-200 mA @ 3.3V) to power my own WiFi device, and the AirPort Express can be the right device to solve both problems with minimun overhead. The problem is that I cannot find the specification of the current / power limits of its USB port.
To check if it can provide the usual five unit loads, I tried to charge an iPhone 4, but it fails showing the message "Charging is not supported with this accessory", and an external 2.5" HD which requires 500 mA causes the following message to appear on AirPort Utility:
USB Power
A device connected to this AirPort base station's USB port requires more power than this AirPort base station can provide. Plug the device into a power supply if possible, or connect it to a powered USB hub.
Any insight will be welcome.

Never mind - I tried "rebooting". I hate it how that always works!

How far away can you connect to the internet from Airport Extreme (802.11n)

How far can i take my Laptop away from Airport Extreme (802.11n) and still have internet connection

According to:
http://www.apple.com/au/airportexpress/
They claim the Extreme has a 45m range:
"Suppose you want to connect to the Internet with your PowerBook in an area that lies beyond the 45 metre range of your AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station"
Will you be using all N devices? G?, B? or a combination?

Can you connect a usb SuperDrive if you use a lightning to usb camera adapter and a usb hub?

I was just wondering if ypu could connect a usb SuperDrive if you use the lightning to usb camera adapter, a usb hub, and then plug the SuperDrive into the hub. Will it work to play disks, or movies, or something?

No, drive consume too much power.
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ITunes can't connect to remote speakers PLUS Airport Express p/word problem

I am running iTunes 7.4.1 and have previously been able to play iTunes through remote speakers via an Airport Express . After upgrading iTunes some time ago, I am unable to connect to the AE any more. The AE shows as an option in my iTunes window, but when I select it from the drop down option box bottom right, it just doesn't choose it.
I have read other discussions pertaining to this, and have followed all of those solutions, but to no avail.
I have done a hard reset on the AE restoring it's factory settings thinking I should just start again, and it has been renamed "Base Station Oa369f" so I know this has worked, but when I try to reconfigure it through Airport Utility, it asks for a password. I tried it's old password, and also tried the generic one "public" as stated in the AE setup guide, but it rejects both.
I am keen to figure this out as I'm about to buy a new printer and another AE so I can print wirelessly, but don't want to have the same issues if it's an AE bug that can't be fixed, I would be left with no printer!
I know this is two quite separate problems, but if anyone has any ideas for either I would be really grateful.
Thanks very much

I have exactly the same problem which has been driving me nuts for the last couple of days. However I am able to access the dropdown list of speakers. I have mine set to multiple speakers, and now it WILL play through my Airport Express again, but only when playing through the internal speakers at the same time. When I try to play solely through the Airport Express it just hangs.
Come on Apple, you need to be regression testing your upgrades far better than this, for something so basic to go wrong.

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