Can AirPort Router with USB hard drive storage serve as an iTunes server for music and photographs for AppleTVs?
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I think this is a double question, I don't have an "Apple TV box", Yes You can open music and photographs in iTunes on an iMac or iPad, opening them up on an "Apple TV box" I do not know if that is possible to stream data since I do not have one of those.
656861
Yes. You have to setup web-DAV and some other things, and then it work like a dream. There are plenty of how to's on the internet and synology.com.
706923
It depends on the router. Does the USB port support external hard drives and serve them on the network? It should work, but Thunderbolt is what makes this worth buying, not USB.
984051
Yes it is. Synology has documented the process quite well, http://www.synology.com/en-global/support/tutorials/481. I backup several iMacs and a Mac Mini Server to our Synology. One of the iMacs is connected using wifi, but I haven't experienced any failures.
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It is a wireless router that allows you to connect wiressly to your home network. You don't need it if you already have a wireless home network or if you have a Time Capsule. This is exactly the same as an Airport Time Capsule but without internal storage. Both will let you connect your own external storage or even a USB hub to attach multiple hard drives that can be shared by computers in your home network.
1979051
Is it possible? Yes. Is it practical? No. Based on app version 2.6.6, firmware 2.9, iPhone w/ 7.0.4, iPad w/ 6.1.3, the app doesn't directly support AirPlay. You can do it by: 1. Connect Media Drive to your home access point over wifi. 2. Determine the Media Drive's IP address on your home wifi network. This is NOT the 192.168.11.1 address of the Media Drive's self-generated wifi network. 3. Access the web portal through the browser by entering the IP address of step 2. You need to use a browser that allows User Agent spoofing (I use Mercury). Set the User Agent to some desktop browser. If the drive thinks you're connecting with a mobile browser, it will instead prompt you to connect with the app. 4. Browse to the video of your choice, click twice, and stream to Apple TV. This is both cumbersome and requires a lot of free bandwidth on your home network. The stream is bouncing from Media Drive, to router, to iPad, back to router, to Apple TV. My experience has been that it's not a great solution.
2016107
I don't see why not. I found the whole set up to be a bit less than stellar and decided to switch to Apple Airport Extreme and Express. It's much easier to use and much more reliable. plug and play and it just works. You can also use two expresses or three if necessary and they'll work together seamlessly as one big network.
2023144
Thanks for reply...So, that is in fact what I am trying to determine in these threads. If I have the USB wi-fi plug, then I should be able to use any computer (or wi-fi capable device) as my music 'server' - correct...?There should be no need to buy another router (Apple TV or Apple Airplay)...Getting very close to pulling trigger on this purchase so thanks for thots if you know.
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I would suggest you get the unit networked and stream internet radio, Pandora as well as media server, airplay etc. Any USB 2 removable drive will work but once networked, you will most likely never use it. For non-iOS wireless airplay, you should get the Pioneer Bluetooth adapter which allows any Bluetooth device to stream to it.
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Well all the Apple Airports only have 1 USB port I think, and they are all USB 2.0. But, this HDD is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. I think you will be fine with using it because it should work. I do not know if it will work on the Airport Express because that may be printer only, but I'm pretty sure you will be fine with the other Stations.
2168586
I have two of these as well as two AppleTvs.They work fine with the current Mac iTunes. The problem used to be the older protected AAC files which will not play over the streamed network.
102419
It supports read/write, so it should handle this, but you are not likely to get blazing speed. Plus you are paying extra for the built-in battery & wi-fi. If your interest is mainly for backups, then I would consider adding a USB drive to your router or looking at other options geared toward backup. The main purpose of this drive is to provide drive access on the go. BTW, another drive in this category is the Kingston Wi-Drive, which typically runs around $50 for the 32GB model. It does essentially the same thing as this Patriot drive, just smaller and less space -- and a lot cheaper.
948786
The time capsule has an additional hard drive in it for network storage. The AirPort Extreme is only a router.
2041609
Yes, just download the Airport Utility program from the Apple Support website. The Utility will walk you through the process - really easy.
1838055
Yes. I have an apple airport express connected to a nano adapter to extend my airport extreme's network (same name and same password).
747742
Yes, the AirPort Express will quite easily join your WiFi network and stream all your iTunes music. What you can not do is use the AirPort Express to extend the range of your AT&T DSL router's wireless network.
351639
Well rephrase that. You can get an Internet connection to you Apple TV from you airport time capsule. That supports the streaming very well .