Can you sync via Airport Extreme?

Just curious if anyone knows if it's possible to do this... I have an Airport Extreme base station and connect my MBP wirelessly. You can accesss a shared external hard drive or a printer via the base station's USB port. But can I access/sync my iPhone from my MBP via that port? Is there a cheat that could accomplish that? Or does it just need to go into the suggestion box?

Giant, Welcome to the discussion area!
Assuming that your connection is like this:
Internet-> [WAN] AEBS [LAN]--> G5
All you need to do is enable File Sharing on the iBook. Then the G5 should be able to see and access the iBook.
If you want to see the G5 from the iBook, enable File Sharing on the G5.

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