When it comes to routers, well, Giz rarely falls in love for that sort of netpipe-laying gadgetry. But this Asus WiFi router looks like something we could really get used to living with. It has a built in network iTunes client, so it'll show up as an iTunes client to your PCs. And it has a BitTorrent client that can rip down 7 streams automatically (and 10 FTP or web streams at the same time.) That's with your PC off, all downloads handled by the router. And there's a lot more. Too much more to share before the jump. It can act as a network storage device, UPnP/DLNA server for sharing music with compatible streaming devices, and can be turned into a RAID configuration with another drive, so you can have a backed up version of all your data. It can network USB printers, drives. Has 5 Ethernet ports. And encrypts in 64/128 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2 supports TKIP, AES, WPA, WPA2 and MAC. I want one.– Brian Lam WL-700gE Fucking amazing, I thought I would never see something like this happen. This is fucking perfect. You have a wireless router that has a 160GB HDD (you can attach a USB external HDD for more. It can also be turned into a RAID configuration) and it can download off torrents, ftp and http. Best of all, it has iTunes integrated (not sure how this works) so it'll show up on your own computer as a shared library. You can probably even hook up AirPort/AirTunes to it and you can then play it off your home stereo system. Someone buy me one. So many possibilities!
I can do that with my motorola WR850G and more, all I have to do is find a way to mod SD cards into it. I can already do all that and more but all I have is a piddly 16megs. I'm currently using it to capture packets from WEP encrypted networks so I can crack them...on the router. It only cost 33$.
How exactly are you going to contact me when your house burns down from a router that set fire? Think about how much heat that's going cause. oO
Pfft, then no cigar for you. The 160GB HDD is internal to the WL-700gE plus it can also have an external drive.