plug hdd into wifi router

[zeus]

Is there a way of plugging a harddrive into a router and accessing the files over the network?

Ive got 3 desktops and a laptop and im sick to death of walking from one room to the next with a usb stick or dvd-rw.

 

[Impotence]

What your looking for is called NAS (Network Attached Storage), Its most likely cheaper to buy a wifi router with a USB port & USB2 drive enclosure than to buy anything which advertises itself as a NAS solution.

 

[zeus]

so you wouldnt recommend something like this.....
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/NetworkStorage/SC101.aspx

If I bought a new router with a usb socket id have to get a usb harddrive? I already have an 80gb drive which I wanted to use you see.

 

[Matt555]

If you already have the HDD then you could just buy the enclosure with a USB interface to plug into the new router.

 

[sarishti]

You just Buy NAS(network attached storage).. It surely helps you...