What is the maximum length usb cable I can use to connect a 2tb external hard drive to an airport extreme?

I live in tornado alley and would like to place my hard drive in a secure location in the basement, leaving the router upstairs. The approximate run needed to do this would be 20 feet. I am aware of the possibility of the cable length causing a response delay in peripherals, but not sure if the airport extreme will experience a problem with that.
I currently am using an ipod touch and a PC, sony PS3, and Wii, but plan to add more Apple products within the year.

• Asked by Douglas R from Wichita
• Jan 27, 2011
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How to extend the range of Airport extreme

We are in a one floor office environment. At the two far ends of the office the WiFi signal is marginal. How can I extend the range of our Time Capsule - 2TB so that everyone can back into it and have reliable internet access? Is there some repeaters station set-up available?)

• Asked by Ruben S from Houston
• Oct 23, 2009
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Is there any difference between a Time Capsule and an Airport Extreme other than the integrated hard drive?

My absolute top priority is the wireless network. I've got another, large network drive for storage. But for some reason, my university bookstore is selling a Time Capsule with 500 GB of storage at a cheaper price than the Airport Extreme. Is there any reason to still choose the Airport Extreme? If there's no difference, I'll get the TC, save $$, and get a bonus hard drive!

• Asked by Jennifer B from Bellingham
• Jan 4, 2010
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Can Airport Extreme extend the range of a Time Capsule?

I have a Time Capsule connected to my DSL modem. My WiFi is already extended with an Airport Express. I would like to add an Airport Extreme to extend to a different part of the house and also because i need 2 or 3 wired internet connections there. Will this work and is it necessary to turn off router functions in the Airport Extreme if the TC is already my router?

• Asked by Steven S from Encino
• Jan 6, 2012
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Time Capsule & Airport Extreme

I have a mac pro / iphone 4 and a time capsule at home. I want to be able to see my pictures on the TV which is already connected by hard wire into a LAN point, and play my music (all in itunes). I have a router which has poor wireless. I will buy the new ipad2 and want to be able to use my TV to see pics and music from either and all apple devices (pro/iphone/pad) Mt question is what do i buy next - the airport extreme? the express? or an apple TV?

• Asked by Arvind B from Brugge
• Mar 6, 2011
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Can I connect a cable to the Airport Extreme?

I have a cable 'screw on' from my Cox internet provider. The Airport Extreme does not have a 'screw on' connection. Is there a solution or should I be looking for a different product?

• Asked by Shari K from Laguna Beach
• May 12, 2010
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Can someone please confirm this device is ideal for my intended use

Hi All, New Mac products but loving it. Here's my intended use.
Connect Airport Extreme wirelessly to my current ADSL wireless router, add an existing external hard drive where I plan to store all my music, photos, movies, home movies etc such that they can be accessed by all my various machines running iTunes (MBP 15") Dell desktop PC and Vaio laptop. Each individual machine can then stream wirelessly to my ATV? I also plan to use this existing external HDD to backup my mac using TimeMachine. Final use would be to plug in my all in one printer / scanner / fax machine. Is this the right device, given that I already have an HDD or am I better off spending the extra money on the 2Tb or 3Tb Time Capsule, which I guess does the same as the above but with build in hard drive....
Or have I got it wrong?
ta muchly ;-)
Mat
MBP 15" 2.2GHz i7 500 SATA Disk, 4Gb RAM, iPhone 4S 16Gb

• Asked by Mat S
• Jan 29, 2012
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Extending Roaming Network, Airport Extreme with APPLE TV

I have a Time Capsule on the third floor of my house in the office. I use this as the DHCP router. Wireless coverage is good on the top and middle floor, however when I get to the bottom floor the signal is weaker, slower and prone to drop outs.

The bottom floor is where I have my older second iMac, a MacBook Pro, and my home theater which has Apple TV. They all can get a weak wireless signal from the Time Capsule, but like I said it is slow and unreliable. I want to create a roaming network by adding an Airport Extreme to the bottom floor. I have heard that a solid connection from Time Capsule to Airport Extreme with Cat6 or Cat5e ethernet cable is the much preferred and more reliable way to do this.

I would need to run the Cat6 cable on the outside of the house, approximately 120 feet down from the office. There is already a Coax cable that makes that same run to provide cable TV to my bottom floor home theater. I would plan to set the Extreme in bridge mode to act as another Wireless Access Point.
Questions:
1. Is exterior grade Cat6 cable available to make this outside run?
2. Will the transmission be affected if the Cat6 runs close to the Coax cable?
3. The Apple TV device will be in close proximity to where I plan to place the Airport Extreme, should they be connected via ethernet port or connected wirelessly?
4. Would I need to set the Time Capsule and the Airport Extreme to different channels?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• Asked by David H from Vancouver
• Nov 1, 2012
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Use Airport Extreme as an access point only

I'm pretty sure this is possible but since Apple is using a different type of setup software for this product than I'm used to it would be helpful to get some pointers on how to do this. I assume I need to turn off DHCP and perhaps give the unit a fixed IP address. My existing network is fully configured with internet access etc and I just need to add the APE. I would connect the base to the existing network using one of the ports and not the WAN port. From this point will the Apple configuration software running on a Windows 7 PC be able to see the unit? Considering the existing network will be running as address like 192.168.2.xxx I'm concerned about the ability to see the unit. Once I can connect then configuration should be fairly simple. It is the intial connection I'm concerned about.

• Asked by Dale G from Houston
• Nov 13, 2011
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Can i have two airport extreme connected to each other managing two different networks?

• Asked by Javier J from Key Biscayne
• Oct 21, 2009
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