Wireless question

Hi all,

So I finally made the leap. Just bought my first Mac ever, a refurb unibody MBP base. I will likely upgrade the hardrive and RAM myself in the future.

As my wife wants my currently cluttered office to be clean, I will be moving my cable modem, wireless router, laser printer, and external hard drive to a closet somewhere.

My wife will still be using her PC laptop, and I will use my MBP all wirelessly.

Here is the question. Is there a good router that will allow me to connect my printer and external harddrive (Seagate freeagent 250gig.) and allow both the PC and MAC to use either? Can the hard drive accept both Mac (in the form of that wireless backup thing) and PC to access pics and such.

I guess I am just wondering how all those moving peices will fit together wirelessly. Probably should have planned this prior to the purchase, but what can ya do?!

Thanks for all your help!

 

I've heard that the airport is a better router than the time capsule. Also, from what I read on these forums, there are better, less expensive ways to achieve a wireless router and external hard drive than time capsule.

Because I think the wireless will be going in the basement, I need a good quality one to go throughout the house.

Are there routers with more than one USB? If I get a powered USB hub, plug the printer and hard drive into that, and then the hub into the router (airport or otherwise) will that allow access to both the drive and the printer?