Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11 n) Reviews

**Maverick** · 03-02-2007, 11:52 PM

Just got the new AEBS and I just wanted to share a few things for future buyers.

1. Signal is seems quite strong (so far anyway... i have to roam around the pad first and see how it compares to the express and a modded WRT54g w/ DD-WRT).

2. I've used a powered and non-powered usb hub and it can see some of my HDD's, USB Thumb Drives and USB Printers.

3. Having a problem with my 500gb Lacie though. It can be seen with the Airport Disk Utility but it can't seem to mount. The rest of my drives work though. (Only Fat32 & HFS+). NTFS they say doesn't seem to work. I'll give it a try later on to verify for myself.

4. I've noticed that the Printer drops connection after a while of not being used. HDD I haven't noticed just yet.

**Sponsor** · 03-02-2007 11:52 PM

**Maverick** · 03-03-2007, 12:41 AM

here's something to try with the new AEBS

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/02/tuaw-...-airport-disk/

**Reggie** · 03-03-2007, 12:56 AM

Thanks for that link Maverick! That would mean I don't need an Apple TV since I have an older Mac Mini that's not having much action.

My AEBS works well. I only had some problems the first time I tried configuring it since even at WPA or WPA2 mode, it was acting as if it was still unsecure and any wireless device can still connect to it. After I disconnected the power adapter and rebooting it (soft-reset didn't do it), it was fixed.

FYI, I decided to fix security to WPA2 and my MBP and Nokia N800 seems to connect to it with no problems.

**Maverick** · 03-03-2007, 01:02 AM

that's good Reggie... the only problem i have so far is my Lacie drive. no idea why I can't mount it right. I had a bit of a problem too upon initial setup, but I managed to figure it out.

**Nazgul** · 04-15-2007, 12:48 AM

i just bought one and ntfs does not work

**Maverick** · 04-15-2007, 12:50 AM

yup only fat32 and hfs+

**Nazgul** · 04-16-2007, 06:14 PM

for windows xp. formatting fat32 has 32gb limit.
here's a solution for drives 40g to 2 TB and its fast.

http://davedfx.blogspot.com/2007/04/...e-sharing.html

**lamski** · 04-16-2007, 06:55 PM

If you have a mac, I think you can use OS X's Disk Utility to format disks as larger than 32GB using FAT.

**neilc** · 04-17-2007, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by Nazgul

for windows xp. formatting fat32 has 32gb limit.
here's a solution for drives 40g to 2 TB and its fast.

http://davedfx.blogspot.com/2007/04/...e-sharing.html

did not have any problems in formatting my 40gb external drive to fat32.

i used a macbook in formatting it though

**Gomi** · 04-17-2007, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by Nazgul

for windows xp. formatting fat32 has 32gb limit.
here's a solution for drives 40g to 2 TB and its fast.

http://davedfx.blogspot.com/2007/04/...e-sharing.html

dude, FAT32 supports drive volumes up to 8 Terabytes... better make sure of what you post first so it doesnt confuse noobs. And, you dont need a mac to format big drives to FAT32