Recording to Airport Extreme

Is there a performance boost in recording to the airport drive? or any noticable decline in quality? Has anyone tried it?
I notice that transferring files via network are much faster than both FireWire and USB. This makes me wonder if I can free up a port by using ethernet to aiport extreme. Want some feedback before I give it a try.

I usually record to an internal sata drive.
Other than that, either FW400, or FW800.
Doing recording onto a networked drive, IMO... will have issues.
This is due to the protocol itself. More dropouts might occur in the networked drive.
In my experience , the bigger the bandwidth between converter and hard drive, and the shorter the physical path (wiring) between converter and hard drive, the better the performance.
The only "networked" drive I've seen in use, are with fiber optic network, using Digidesign's box, and having the computer directly connected to their proprietary box. You can then have a longer cable run, and enjoy high track counts with only one fiber optic cable between your computer and the hard drives. they recommend using 10,000 RPM hard drives, to keep up with the network card. this network is recommended that it is a closed network... ie no internet for the server box, only workstations.
Cheers

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    Since then I've had a internal hard drive crash and had to replace the drive, and re install all my programs and OS, I still have this problem. Other laptops before (and after) the crash also find the reduced range problem.
    During the re- installing of the newest mac OS update (10.4.10) I didn't see anywhere that the airport extreme base station was updated. I see that there are some security updates available, but don't know if the auto update feature checks for airport stuff .... Does it? And how can I check my system (airport) to see if it does indeed have all the latest fixes installed?
    I'm guessing this is now an airport problem, not a computer/OS problem because of the fresh install. Agreed?

    There have been quite a few reports that raising the Base Station – with some saying up to the ceiling – can make a substantial difference. It might spoil your decor, but you might give it a try. Are you using MacStumbler or similar so that you don't have to rely on the menu 'bars' which aren't always helpful?
    You can alternate between v5.5.1 and v5.7 for signs of improvement – reports indicate that the change can improve matters, but unfortunately in either direction, so it's just trial and error.. For simplicity keep the .dmg for both and then it's just a double-click and a few moments. While you are using v5.5.1 you will get the invitation to upgrade to v5.7, which you obviously ignore.
    A hard reset every so often is certainly a good idea. I'm sure that by now you have a good record of your settings.
    Also, every so often use the AirPort menu to turn AirPort off, wait a minute, and turn back on.
    Also, every so often, in System Preferences > Network > "By default, join:" > "Preferred networks" delete your network, click on "Apply Now" (essential), re-create the network and again click on "Apply Now".
    [Message edited (couple of things added) by: Andreas]

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