"While some newer routers come with a USB port allowing users to add a hard drive or printer on the network, they are costly and rather limited in their functionality."
My router cost $92 and supports 2 usb attached devices that it will share via SMB. And I run DD-WRT which deals with the limited functionality issue.
Not that this thing doesn't look cool or useful, but that one sentence seemed inaccurate.
Which one is that, btw? I've been sticking to my guns of WRT54GL's forever with DD-WRT, but now that N is more mainstream I'd like something new, that also has usb ports for some NAS goodness.
I think it is fair to say that this statement still stands true for all other non DD-WRT capable routers. I have used some horribly crappy routers that touted their USB expansion as a huge feature.
I was making 2 separate claims - a. cheapo routers can use external drives to do NAS and b. there's lots of functionality available for cheapo routers via DD-WRT.
My router cost $92 and supports 2 usb attached devices that it will share via SMB. And I run DD-WRT which deals with the limited functionality issue.
Not that this thing doesn't look cool or useful, but that one sentence seemed inaccurate.