Dib ugu noqoshada 2018, Apple waxay si rasmi ah ugu dhawaaqday inay ka baxayso ganacsiga router^{( withdrawal from the router business)} iyadoo joojisay AirPort , AirPort Extreme , iyo Aaladaha Kaabsoosha Waqtiga^{(Time Capsule)} . Shirkaddu wali waxay siisaa taageerada hardware iyo software iyada oo loo marayo hagaajinta cayayaanka iyo balastarrada amniga, in kasta oo tani ay socon doonto kaliya shan sano. Waxa kale oo aad wali ka iibsan kartaa kuwa la cusboonaysiiyay^{(renewed ones)} ee Amazon.

Haddii aad leedahay AirPort Extreme , waxaa jira wax badan oo aad ku samayn karto marka la barbar dhigo kuwii ka horreeyay, AirPort Express , oo dekeddeeda USB ay ahayd oo keliya isticmaalka daabacayaasha oo aan ahayn darawallada dibadda.

Hagahan, waxaanu ku tusi doonaa sida loogu xidho Drive-ka USB-ga^(USB) ah ee adag AirPort Extreme si uu ugu shaqeeyo sidii ^{(AirPort Extreme)}qalab kaydin oo^{(storage device)} ku xidhan kombayutarka . Waxa kale oo ay taageertaa daabacayaasha iyo xarumaha USB ee daabacaadda wireless-ka ee la wadaago.

Sida ay u wada shaqeeyaan USB Hard Drive-ka Xad-dhaafka ah & Dibadda^{(How Airport Extreme & External USB Hard Drives Work Together)}

AirPort Extreme waa xarun si buuxda loo soo bandhigay, heer dhexe ah, wax qabad heersare ah oo WiFi saldhigiisu yahay Apple kaas oo ku guuleystey AirPort Express naqshad xag-jir ah iyo casriyeyn la taaban karo.

Waxay bixisaa wadista adag iyo wadaagista daabacaha^{(printer sharing)} , dual-band-xawaaraha sare ee 802.11ac Wi-Fi, gurmad otomaatig ah, iyo calaamad ka xoog badan marka la barbar dhigo router-ka AirPort Express , iyada oo ay uga mahadcelinayaan lix anteeno iyo dherer, qaab cubic.

Waxa kale oo ay leedahay dab-demiska ( NAT ) u ^{(Network Address Translation)}dhashay^(NAT) , faylalka ku dhex-dhisan, ikhtiyaarrada shabakado xidhan, iyo sirta sirta ah.

Qalabka AirPort Disk ee qalabkani wuxuu kuu ogolaanayaa inaad ku xirto darawal adag oo dibadda ah dekedda si aad u noqoto kaydinta maaddaama AirPort Extreme aysan lahayn kayd gudaha ah.

Markaad ku xidho darawalka, waxaad la wadaagi kartaa xogta iyo booska kaydinta ee ku yaal shabakadaada. Waxaa muhiim ah in la ogaado in kastoo uusan router-ku taageerin APFS , ex FAT , AMA NTFS-qaabaysan^{(OR NTFS-formatted)} wadisyada - kaliya kuwa horay loogu qaabeeyey FAT ama HFS+ .

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, taasi waa ilaa inta ay kaydintiisu socoto, sababtoo ah ma samayn kartid waxyaabo ay ka mid yihiin ku-celinta kombuyuutarkaaga darawalka dibadda ee Mashiinka Time^{(Time Machine)} -ka . Waxaad sidoo kale ma qulquli kartaa content ka drive in qalab network kale sida Apple TV , Roku , ama shabakadaha streamers network sida aad la router kale oo bixiya kaydinta USB .

Waxaa dheer, AirPort Extreme uma shaqayn karto adeege ahaan Shabakadda^(Web) ama hawlaha FTP , markaa ma jiraan wax badan oo laga soo qaadan karo marka la eego shaqeynta marka la barbardhigo jiilkii hore.

Ku-daridda Hard Drive-ka Dibadda ee AirPort Extreme^{(Adding an External Hard Drive To AirPort Extreme)}

Si tan loo sameeyo, waxaad u baahan doontaa AirPort Extreme , darawalka adag ee dibadda, iyo Mac kaaga halkaas oo aad ka heli doonto dukumeentiyada iyo faylasha warbaahinta iyo xogta kale ee shabakada, ama la wadaagto kuwa kale ee shabakada.

• Tallaabada ugu horreysa waa in la shido oo la habeeyo AirPort Extreme si sax ah. Haddii ay tahay markii ugu horeysay, baro sida loo sameeyo AirPort Extreme^{( set up AirPort Extreme)} .
• Marka xigta, ku xidh darawalka adag ee USB-ga ee dibadda saldhigga ^(USB)AirPort Extreme saldhiggaaga. Waxaa jira hal deked USB ah laakiin waxaad isticmaali kartaa xudunta USB si aad ugu xirto qalab badan^{(connect more devices)} sida daabacaha, dariiqyada adag ee badan, iyo kuwa kale.
• Fur codsiga AirPort Utility adigoo gujinaya Menu>Applications>Utilities .

• Guji habaynta gacanta^{(Manual Setup)} .

• Marka xigta, dhagsii Disks . Daaqad cusub ayaa furmi doonta halkaas oo aad ka xaqiijin karto in dareewalka adag ee dibaddaagu soo baxay iyo in kale.

• Guji Wadaagista Faylka^{(File Sharing)} .

• Calaamadee sanduuqa awood wadaagga faylka^{(Enable file sharing)} .

Waxaad si guul leh ugu xidhay dariiqaaga adag ee dibadda AirPort Extreme oo hadda waxaad kula wadaagi kartaa shabakadaada wireless.

Isticmaal Mac-gaaga si aad ugu xidhidhiyaha Shabakadda^{(Use Your Mac To Connect To The Network Drive)}

Marka aad ku xidho USB-ga^(USB) adag ee dibadda AirPort Extreme , talaabada xigta waa inaad isticmaasho kumbuyuutarkaaga si aad u gasho darawalka shabakada^{(use your computer to access the network drive)} .

Soo- heliyahaaga Mac -gaagu waxa uu u arkaa AirPort ^(Finder)Extreme^{(AirPort Extreme)} sidii adeege ahaan, markaa darawalku uma eka mid saxannada kale ee ku rakiban. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaad weli u isticmaali kartaa si la mid ah sida Hard Disk-yada kale ee Mac -gaaga .

• Si aad u gasho wadista shabakada, u gudub Finder^{(Finder )} oo guji Preferences . 
• Riix sanduuqa Connected Servers , haddii aan hore loo dooran, ka dibna xidh daaqada Dookhyada Finder .^{(Finder Preferences )}

• Guji File oo dooro Daaqadda Raadiyaha Cusub^{(New Finder Window)} si aad u furto daaqad cusub oo Finder ah.

• Ka dooro saldhiga AirPort Extreme dhanka daaqada Finder . Waxa aad arki doontaa in dariiqaaga adag ee dibadda uu u muuqdo sida gal.

• Halkan, waxaad jiidi kartaa oo ku ridi kartaa galka iyo faylalka darawalka shabakada

Dooro Dejinta Amniga Shabakadda Drive kaaga^{(Choose Security Settings For Your Network Drive)}

Tani waa tallaabadii ugu dambaysay ee geeddi-socodka oo dhan. 

Waxaad ku sugi kartaa wadista shabakadaada adoo isticmaalaya saddex hab oo kala duwan:

• Iyada oo sirta diskka
• Iyada oo xisaabaadka
• Sida AirPort Extreme Password.

Iyada oo sirta ah diskka^{(With a disk password)} , dhammaan isticmaalayaashu waxay wadaagaan hal erayga sirta ah si ay u galaan darawalka shabakada, halka AirPort Extreme password^{(with an AirPort Extreme password)} , isticmaalayaashu ay geli doonaan erayga sirta ah ee aad u dejisay qalabka. Midda dambe maahan ikhtiyaar wanaagsan oo loogu talagalay shabakado badan oo isticmaaleyaal ah maadaama qof kasta oo sita erayga sirta ah uu habayn karo AirPort Extreme kaaga .

Doorashada saddexaad, Iyada oo xisaabaadka^{(With accounts)} , waxay u fiican tahay shabakadaha leh isticmaaleyaal badan oo u baahan oggolaansho kala duwan. Isticmaale kastaa wuxuu helayaa aqoonsigiisa gelitaankiisa, isagoo wata ogolaanshaha gelitaanka akhrinta iyo akhrinta-kaliya^{(login credentials, with read and write or read-only access permissions)} . Waa faa'iido u leh xaaladaha sida xafiiska, halkaas oo aad u oggolaan karto shaqaalaha inay akhriyaan ama ku arkaan faylalka wadista, laakiin aan la abuurin ama wax ka beddelin gabi ahaanba.

• Si aad u sugto waditaanka shabkada, fur AirPort Utility>Manual Setup .

• Guji Disks > File Sharing .

• Ka dooro ikhtiyaar badbaado oo ka mid ah Mecure Shared Disks^{(Secure Shared Disks)} menu.

• Guji Configure Accounts haddii aad dooratay Akoonada^{(With accounts)} , oo ku dar xisaab isticmaale kasta.

• Haddii aad ku dooratay erayga sirta ah ee diskka^{(With a disk password)} , ku qor erayga sirta ah meelaha ay ku calaamadsan tahay Password Disk^{(Disk Password)} and Verify Password .

• Guji Cusbooneysii^(Update) _ AirPort Extreme -kaaga ayaa dib u bilaabi doona oo waxa ay dabaqi doontaa dhammaan dejimaha amniga ee aad dooratay.

Kuwani waa tillaabooyinka aad u baahan tahay inaad ku dhejiso darawalka adag ee USB- gaaga dibadda ^(USB)AirPort Extreme oo aad siiso marin u siinta qof kasta oo wata lambarka sirta ah ee diskka ama oggolaanshaha gelitaanka.

Fiiro gaar^(Note) ah: Waxaad ku kaydin kartaa eraygaaga sirta ah furahaaga adiga oo gujinaya Xusuusnow eraygaaga sirta ah ee ku jira keychain-kayga^{(Remember this password in my keychain)} . Sidan, uma baahnid inaad xasuusato ama ku qorto mar kasta oo aad ku xidho darawalka shabakada

Ma^(Were) awooday inaad ku xidho darawalkaaga adag ee USB-ga dibadda ^(USB)AirPort Extreme adiga oo isticmaalaya tillaabooyinka kore? Nala wadaag faallooyinka hoose.

How to Attach an External USB Hard Drive to your AirPort Extreme

Back in 2018, Apple officially announced its withdrawal from the router business by discontinuing its AirPort, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule devices. The company still provides hardware and software support through bug fixes and security patches, though this will only go on for five years. You can also still purchase renewed ones on Amazon.

If you have an AirPort Extreme, there’s a lot you can do with it compared to its predecessor, the AirPort Express, whose USB port was only for use with printers and not external drives.

In this guide, we’re going to show you how to attach an external USB hard drive to your AirPort Extreme to function as a network-attached storage device for your computer. It also supports printers and USB hubs for shared wireless printing.

How Airport Extreme & External USB Hard Drives Work Together

AirPort Extreme is a fully-featured, mid-level, high-performance WiFi base station from Apple that succeeded the AirPort Express with a radical design and significant update.

It offers hard drive and printer sharing, dual-band higher-speed 802.11ac Wi-Fi, automatic backups, and a stronger signal compared to the AirPort Express router, thanks to its six antennas and tall, cubic shape.

It also has a native Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall, built-in file server, closed network options, and password encryption.

The AirPort Disk feature in this device allows you to plug an external hard drive into the port to act as the storage since the AirPort Extreme has no internal storage.

When you plug in the drive, you can share the data and storage space on it with your network.  It’s important to note though that the router doesn’t support APFS, exFAT, OR NTFS-formatted drives – only those preformatted in FAT or HFS+.

However, that’s as far as its storage goes, because you can’t do things like backing up your computer to the external drive with Time Machine. You can’t also stream content from the drive to other network devices like Apple TV, Roku, or other network media streamers as you would with other routers that provide USB storage.

Plus, AirPort Extreme can’t function as a server for Web or FTP functions, so there’s nothing much to draw from it in terms of functionality when compared to the previous generation.

Adding an External Hard Drive To AirPort Extreme

To do this, you’ll need your AirPort Extreme, external hard drive, and your Mac from where you’ll access the documents and media files among other data on the network, or share with others on the network.

• The first step is to turn on and configure the AirPort Extreme correctly. If it’s your first time, learn how to set up AirPort Extreme.
• Next, connect the external USB hard drive to your AirPort Extreme base station. There’s only one USB port but you can use a USB hub to connect more devices like a printer, multiple hard drives, and others.
• Open the AirPort Utility application by clicking Menu>Applications>Utilities.

• Click Manual Setup.

• Next, click Disks. A new window will open where you can verify whether your external hard drive appears or not.

• Click File Sharing.

• Check the Enable file sharing box.

You’ve successfully connected your external hard drive to your AirPort Extreme and can now share it on your wireless network.

Use Your Mac To Connect To The Network Drive

Once you’ve attached the external USB hard drive to AirPort Extreme, the next step is to use your computer to access the network drive.

Your Mac’s Finder views the AirPort Extreme as a server, so the drive won’t look like other mounted hard disks. However, you can still use it in the same way as other hard disks on your Mac.

• To access the network drive, switch to Finder and click Preferences. 
• Click the Connected Servers box, if it’s not selected already, and then close the Finder Preferences window.

• Click File and select New Finder Window to open a new Finder window.

• Select the AirPort Extreme base station from the Finder window’s sidebar. You’ll see your external hard drive appear like a folder.

• From here, you can drag and drop folders and files to the network drive.

Choose Security Settings For Your Network Drive

This is the final step in the whole process. 

You can secure your network drive using three different methods:

• With a disk password
• With accounts
• With an AirPort Extreme Password.

With a disk password, all users share one password to access the network drive, while with an AirPort Extreme password, the users will enter the password you’ve set for the device. The latter isn’t a good option for multiple user networks as anyone having the password can configure your AirPort Extreme.

The third option, With accounts, is good for networks with multiple users requiring different access permissions. Each user gets his or her own login credentials, with read and write or read-only access permissions. It’s useful in scenarios like an office, where you can allow employees to read or view files on the drive, but not create or modify them altogether.

• To secure the network drive, open AirPort Utility>Manual Setup.

• Click Disks > File Sharing.

• Select a security option from Secure Shared Disks menu.

• Click Configure Accounts if you selected With accounts, and add an account per user.

• If you chose With a disk password, type a password in the fields labeled Disk Password and Verify Password.

• Click Update. Your AirPort Extreme will restart and apply all the security settings you chose.

These are the steps you need to attach your external USB hard drive to AirPort Extreme and give access to anyone with the disk password or access permissions.

Note: You can save your password to your keychain by clicking Remember this password in my keychain. This way, you won’t have to remember it or type it in each time you connect to the network drive.

Were you able to attach your external USB hard drive to your AirPort Extreme using the steps above? Share with us in a comment below.

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