i was told by a tech that i can modify amy linksys 54g and add a HD to it to share files on the network i am very new to this i have tried to search the site but no luck any help here would be great..

Check out Asus 500WL deluxe. It has USB port by default.

Or the Asus WL-500g. The non-deluxe has USB too.

(Last edited by olli_04 on 16 Oct 2005, 19:45)

Doesn't the non deluxe version only have USB 1.1 which means max HDD speed of 12 Mbit/s compared to USB 2.0 with 480Mbit/s theoretical max? 

BTW, what are the transfer rates on the deluxe version with a USB flash drive or HDD... is it comparable to the speed when plugged into any other linux box, or does the speed suffer for some reason? 

I am thinking about getting a deluxe and trying to put around a 200 GB HDD and then set it up as a network file server.  Would this work?  Anyone w/ the deluxe could you please speak for the abilities of the USB before I purchase?

Also another general question about the deluxe and others with USB...  would it be possible to connect a USB wireless card so that you can effectively have two wifi's controlled by your router and could create wireless repeaters and such or connect to two wireless APs or something of that nature?  It just seems like it would open up lots of cool possiblilities.

Thanks!

WL-500g          with USB 1.1 ~ 500kb/s      (125MHz)
WL-500g delux with USB 2.0 ~ 1000kb/s    (200MHz)

the CPU is the limit, during using USB you have 100percent used

Yes - the CPU sure is the limit.....OR the USB drivers ;-)