How to add Airport Express and USB 2?
Hello all,
I have a Titanium 1ghz that currently has no Airport. I'd like to add Airport Express and USB 2. I know I can do both via the PCMCIA slot, but only one at a time.
(Before you say: Just add USB 2 via the slot, and then add a WiFi dongle via the new USB -- I need to use the Airport for Internet Sharing (the PB is going to be a slim little server/Airport hub), and I've never seen anyone (including me) succeed at getting an internet connection shared via a dongle.)
FWIW, the main reason I need the USB 2 is to connect a pair of external hard drives. If I could connect the USB drives via the Firewire ports, I'd be all set. Are there adapters that would let me do this?
Thoughts? They're much appreciated.
SJ
FWIW, the main reason I need the USB 2 is to connect a pair of external hard drives. If I could connect the USB drives via the Firewire ports, I'd be all set. Are there adapters that would let me do this?
No, there aren't. But it would be simple enough to replace your USB-only external drive enclosures with enclosures that have FireWire ports. Just swap the drive mechanisms themselves into the new enclosures. FireWire would give you better speed than USB2, and if your enclosures have two FW ports (say, one FW 400 and one FW 800) and their own power supplies, then you could daisy-chain both drives on the Tibook's single FW port.
Of course if you can get by without having the two drives connected at the *same time* as you're using the wifi connection, then a USB2 PC Card and a wifi PC Card (like this one) will serve you just fine.
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