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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2613500" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>A router and seperate NAS may be a better option in the long run. The more your router has to handle the lower the throughput will be for file transfers to the NAS drives. Also some of the NAS solutions built into the routers require a piece of software be run on the client and only one computer can use the drive at a time so be on the lookout for that. SoonerP226 is correct on the running of dd-wrt though, start looking at their support list and then the router you would like to use, I also believe that they had a big hand in building the ASUS firmware if my memory is correct so a lot of the features should already be baked in. You may also find that the NAS features can be hit or miss if you use dd-wrt which is another reason for a separate solution. I have a little older dlink router and the USB port doesn't work so well with ddwrt on it and it required a software installation on the computer wanting to use the USB port anyway.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.freenas.org/" target="_blank">http://www.freenas.org/</a> is a decent project that you can drop on an older computer. Just make sure that the computer will support the number of drives you want, has a gigabit port and a small drive for the install or a flash drive to run it from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2613500, member: 29706"] A router and seperate NAS may be a better option in the long run. The more your router has to handle the lower the throughput will be for file transfers to the NAS drives. Also some of the NAS solutions built into the routers require a piece of software be run on the client and only one computer can use the drive at a time so be on the lookout for that. SoonerP226 is correct on the running of dd-wrt though, start looking at their support list and then the router you would like to use, I also believe that they had a big hand in building the ASUS firmware if my memory is correct so a lot of the features should already be baked in. You may also find that the NAS features can be hit or miss if you use dd-wrt which is another reason for a separate solution. I have a little older dlink router and the USB port doesn't work so well with ddwrt on it and it required a software installation on the computer wanting to use the USB port anyway. [url]http://www.freenas.org/[/url] is a decent project that you can drop on an older computer. Just make sure that the computer will support the number of drives you want, has a gigabit port and a small drive for the install or a flash drive to run it from. [/QUOTE]
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