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Are there any Gigabit Routers with Usb, 4 Gigabit ports and with wireless?

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Usb for printers and hard drives.

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  1. I don't think any 1 thing can do all that.

    There isn't any "gigabyte wireless", the fastest standard is 802.11n (108Mbps).  Some proprietary protocols make wireless G go as high as 125 if everything is the same brand.

    You'd probably do best to get (or build) a network fileserver for hard-drives (usb or internal), these can have either gigabyte adapters or regular 10/100 adapters so watch out.

    I don't think "gigabyte" print servers exist (no point, the printer can't go that fast anyway) so just get a regular printer server.

    Internet isn't going to be anywhere near gigabyte so a regular router would do.

    Then just link it with a gigabyte switch.

    Here's what I recommend if you really need all this:

    1. get a 802.11n router, hook that up to for wireless and internet.  DO NOT hook your wired computers or file-server up to this.

    2. get a gigabyte switch and run network cable from the LAN of the router to the switch.  Hook all your computers up to the gigabyte switch.

    3. connect a file-server (that has a gigabyte network interface card) to the gigabyte switch

    4. connect your print server to either the LAN ports of your router or a remaining port of the switch...I'd use the router's port and save your gigabyte ports for things that actually run that fast.

    That should give you the maximum speed possible for everything.

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