derekw

Does anyone have success plugging external drive with iTunes library into their airport extreme or other routers' usb port?

I tried to plug the drive into an airport extreme's usb port but there are lots of problems. The drive works most of the time but becomes unreachable and dismounts itself every few hours to few days and the files corrupt and have permission problems over months. iTunes on my macbook air would beachball for minutes when this happens. This is true even if the drive is plugged into a powered usb hub before connecting to the airport extreme. Very frustrating. Before I spend hundreds to get a NAS or mac mini, I just want to see if any router can get the job done reliably even if the speed may be slow.