Networking to Dektop

Currently I have a 17 inch Macbook Pro but am looking into buying a new 20 inch Desktop and a 15 inch laptop.
I use my laptop everyday and take it many places. The drawback however is that I have about 35 gigs of music 20 gigs of photos and hd video so I take my external hard drives around with me as well.
I would appreciate as many suggestions with reasons as possible. I don't believe I have saved enough money to buy both at the same time unless it is absolutely necessary.
Should I get a desktop first and keep my laptop? I am looking to be more portable laptop wise but need to have a firewire input for my external hard drive. It is faster than USB correct (for HD and HDV video)?
Is there anyway to hook up external hard drives to a desktop or server and be able to access music or photos remotely (desktop and/or laptop)? Would the answer be 'yes' on the same network but 'no' otherwise? I have a MobileMe account if that changes anything.
Thanks so much for your help and time.
Again, more opinions the better. Thanks.

I went another way. Thanks though.

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Our family has a Windows dektop PC which is connected by Ethernet cable to an Airport Extreme Base Station shared wirelessly by two Windows laptops (g compatible), a PowerBook (g compatible, two MacBook Pros (one g compatible and one n)and a printer connected by Ethernet cable. I purchased a TC several weeks ago and joined it to the existing network as a wireless client. At first everything worked fine. So far I'm only backing up the n compatible MacBook Pro. The first backup took a long time, which I expected, but it was successful and subsequent incremental backups went off without a hitch. Recently I've experienced periodic episodes of failed backups seemingly caused by "server error." I've also noticed that the backups are taking way longer than an hour and are 10+GB in size. I tried to replace the AEBS with the TC as base station but was unable to connect the TC to the Internet even though the setup otherwise completed normally.
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I don't believe it should be set to extend existing network if you are connecting the TC to your other router through ethernet. Try disabling this, but keep the Internet Connection set to Off (Bridge Mode) on your TC. I think extending it makes the TC connect to your other router through wireless? Come to think of it, this would explain your 27 Mbps transmit rates on the TC. Each "hop" in a wirelessly extended network effectively cuts the network speed in half. And half of 54 is 27.
Are you trying to set up a roaming network, where your MacBook Pro would just revert to the 2.4 GHz network if the 5 GHz is out of range, or do you want to keep separate access points? If you want to set up roaming, then you should have the same SSID and password on all routers. Just be aware that the MBP will connect to the access point with the strongest signal, so that might not always be the 5 GHz network.
I have two unique SSIDs on my network, but since they're both on the same subnet it actually acts as one network (just gives off the impression of having two). I just can't do roaming with my setup, but that's fine as the distance between my MBP and TC is usually not great enough to interfere with the connection. In this situation, any wireless client needs to connect to the specific network you wish them to join. My MBP always joins my 5 GHz network to gain full N speeds, although it can back up when accessing the 2.4 GHz network.
Try reading this pdf from Apple to learn more about which setup you want. Page 40 has more information about setting up a roaming network:
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How do I get a Windows PC to access the wifi network?

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Ok, this validates that the PC is at least negotiating with the Time Capsule and can find the TC's DHCP server to get the proper IP addresses.
Let's go to the last phase of the troubleshooting to find out where the communication break is between the PC and the Internet site.
This time we are going to rely on the trusty Ping tool:
Since you verified that the PC is getting the proper IP address information from the TC, we can skip the first three levels of Ping tests: loopback, local computer, and LAN-side of the TC.
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Ok, now go back to the PC, open a Command window, and enter the following at the command prompt: ping <IP address of the Default Gateway> If the ping fails, there is either an issue with the TC or the ISP's Gateway router. If the ping passes, go on to the next step.
Ping the IP address of the remote host. That is, instead of using the URL (like www.google.com) use the actual IP address of the website. If you don't know the site's IP address, go back to your Mac, and then, use the Network Utility's Lookup option. Enter the URL of the site, and then, click on Lookup. You should find the site's IP address in the information returned in the panel's results window. If the ping fails, the remote host may not be responding. Try another host just to be sure.
Finally, ping the URL of the remote host. This time instead of the IP address go ahead and use the site's URL. As an example, enter the following at the command prompt: ping www.apple.com If the ping is successful, you're done and the computer can successfully negotiate all the way to the remote host. However, if the ping fails, then the issue is either there are no DNS servers configured or none could be found to translate the URL to the appropriate IP address to "find" the website.

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I've tried the suggestions above, trashing finder and desktop plists, killall Finder, etc. restart. Nothing gets it working again. It did work originally, for most of the time I've had the Mac Pro, then I changed the dektop to an Apple supplied picture of Earth.
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I have CTI OS dektop client and I have mentioned the CTIOS A and CTIOS B during installation. I have added the IP address of the CTIOS server details in the host file entry as well ,
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I want to install/move our office over the weekend and have some lose ends, which i hope can be answered in this forum.
First, let me start off mentioning what i intend to do:
we have three (airport enabled) iMacs sitting in the middle of our office.
At the far end of the office we have the DSL modem, a Gigabit Ethernet Switch, the airport extreme station.
At the other end of the office, I have a HP Color LaserJet (networkable) and a PowerMac G5 1.8GhZ DP (has an airport card installed).
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It sounds like you have it right - if you're using wired ethernet connections just connect everything back to the switch.
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As for the file sharing, I wouldn't share the entire drive, but designate one folder (or folders) as being shared. If this is running Mac OS X client (vs. Server) get a copy of SharePoints which will make it easy to select which folders are available for sharing.
Unless you're also running as a directory server you'll also need to make sure that the G5 has an account for everyone that is going to log onto it to access the shared folders. You could use one common account, but that's not recommended.

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I have BT Total Broadband Anywhere Home Hub 2. I have used it successfully on my desktop pc and wirelessly with my laptop. However I went away for 2 months and was unable to use either (everything was switched off whilst away). On my return the laptop can't connect at all, I just get two grey monitors with a red X and the information 'A Network Cable is unplugged'. I bought a netbook when away and am having the same problem with that now.
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I have tried connecting to the Hub with an ethernet cable without success and when I run the Hub Manager on the laptop it just says it can't connect with the hub. When I run the Hub Manager on my desktop it says there is no wireless device detected.
A check on the laptops device manager hardware shows everything as working properly, but when I try the Wireless WLAN configuration utility in Control Panel it tells me there are currently no wireless adapters available and enabled.
I am getting desperate as I cannot sit at the desktop for any length of time and need the laptop, please can anyone help?
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