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However, and this is a big thing for home use, there are router/switch
devices out at Dick Smith that can do router, switch, print server and
storage (via USB HDD) all in one. Not the fastest, and no backup
capability, but cheap and effective with minimal fuss. For my home,
that would be the pick of the bunch. For work, a different story.<br>
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A year or so ago I did exactly this, and got a DLink DI-624S which
looked promising.<br>
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Then I discovered that it can only do FAT32 formatted external
drives(!), and that the performance if writing or reading was abysmal.
Too slow to play video over the LAN. Also it couldn't recognise my
brother mfc-210.<br>
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'underwhelmed' is a nice way to put it<br>
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