Airport Express and USB hub?

[brodstein]

I have several USB devices: a Seiko label printer, a Fujitsu scanner, a Dymo label printer, a Brother printer, etc.

I use an Apple iMac, and have a wireless and ethernet network based on the Airport Extreme.

I would like to move the various USB devices off my desk to create more space, and would like to move them to a side cabinet which has access to my network via ethernet. (I realize I could run a USB cable from my iMac to the side cabinet, but I don't want to have a cable running across the floor.)

If I buy an Airport Express (which has a USB port) and place it on the side cabinet, can I connect a USB hub to that USB port so that I can place all the USB devices on the side cabinet?

The Apple website suggests that this can only be done with the Airport Extreme, not the Airport Express:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421

Are there other alternatives?

Thank you!

 

[sfx2000]

I have several USB devices: a Seiko label printer, a Fujitsu scanner, a Dymo label printer, a Brother printer, etc.

I use an Apple iMac, and have a wireless and ethernet network based on the Airport Extreme.

I would like to move the various USB devices off my desk to create more space, and would like to move them to a side cabinet which has access to my network via ethernet. (I realize I could run a USB cable from my iMac to the side cabinet, but I don't want to have a cable running across the floor.)

If I buy an Airport Express (which has a USB port) and place it on the side cabinet, can I connect a USB hub to that USB port so that I can place all the USB devices on the side cabinet?

The Apple website suggests that this can only be done with the Airport Extreme, not the Airport Express:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421

Are there other alternatives?

Thank you!

AirPort Express - you're RAM/CPU limited, and the firmware is limited compared to the AirPort Extreme - in any event, a direct connection to the USB host is always better than a shared network connection over wireless.

Hate to say it, but pragmatically, you're better off moving your side cabinet than trying to do Printer/Scanner/Drive sharing over WiFi.

just saying...