External Hard Drive + Airport, possible????

Hi, does anybody tried successfully to conect and external HD to a airport extreme to make wireless backups in a network?
Is it possible???
My external HD also have different usb and firewire hubs so I can Plug a Printer or a Scanner.
HELP!
Thanks

No the USB port on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) does NOT connecting a USB hard drive. The USB port is only for a single compatible printer.
You could get a NAS with Ethernet connection.

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