Is it possible to connect two external usb hard drives and possibly a usb printer via wifi to my laptop?
What kit do I need to buy?
Thanks in advance.

yes I use netgear kit, a regular router and a netgear readynas duo which will do as you require. Its a network attached storage unit primarily but will do what you want.

HTH

[Edited on 23/4/11 by liam.mccaffrey]

Are you selling these or can you point me where to get the necessary items?

sorry re read it now and I make it sound like im peddling them. No just a satisfied customer. I researched on the netgear website and then bought from the amazon site.

these are links for the readynas, should work with any routers though.


linky for readynas duo

amazon linky

shop around though there are tons of products out there that will do what you want

[Edited on 23/4/11 by liam.mccaffrey]

[Edited on 23/4/11 by liam.mccaffrey]

Thank you.
One last question, can I make the info on the hard drives only available to my laptop? i.e my files only accessible to me and no body elses computer on my home network?

yes you can set access restrictions and also hide the share and restrict access.

like I said, read around and pare down the features to what you want.

[Edited on 23/4/11 by liam.mccaffrey]

Cheers just bought a used one on ebay with twin 750gb drives installed £175. I guess I'll be having fun!
Thanks again!

[Edited on 24/4/2011 by nitram38]

Don't be too optimistic on the transfer speeds you will achieve over wireless though!