Printer & HDD won't work thru HUB on Airport Extreme...

I have an Airport Extreme (newest model)...Canon printer and an external HDD. I can get the printer and the HDD to work thru the Airport when connected directly to the Airport. But when I plug a powered USB Hub into the Airport and then plug the printer and HDD into the Hub... I can't access either. What am I doing wrong?
I tried rebooting everything...didn't help.
I tried resetting the Airport to factory defaults and redoing my network...didn't help.
What next?

Sounds like it must be an issue with the hub, have you tried connecting the hub directly into your comptuer and seeing if the devices are read through there... if they are not being read then it must be an issue also verify the compatibility of the hub

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