Linksys Wireless Hard Drive

One great way to create a wireless hard drive system is to buy a wireless router that also doubles as a hard drive storage solution.  Enter the Linksys wireless hard drive.  This unit is a wireless router with a key attribute that allows for this to be a great wireless solution for your external data storage needs.  It has a USB port that allow you to connect whatever you would like to your wireless router and have it available to whatever can connect wirelessly.  Nearly all external hdd's come equipped with a usb cord that will connect the hard drive to a usb port.  Usuaully this is how the portable drives are connected to computers for  backup storage.  Lord knows this is the way that I have always used external storage to backup my files.  The problem with this is that you need to dig out your external disk drive, plug it in to the outlet and then connect to your computer.  This doesn't seem like a hassle the first few times, but I'm always way delinquent on ensuring that my files are backed up.

Linksys Wireless Router That Doubles As A Wireless Hard Drive

When it comes to finding a wireless router that will also double as a wireless hdd it is sometimes hard to know which exact model is the one that you want.  When it comes to Linksys, this is the WRT610N Linksys wireless hard drive. In addition to having a capable USB port to connect your external hdd to, the unit comes with the superior wireless N technology which is the top of the line wireless system that is the fastest on the market today.  You can find these many places, but often going to Ebay rewards one with a great deal on this unit.
This, of course, is the beauty of the wireless hdd in general.  If you can connect wirelessly to your external storage, you can not worry about digging it out of the closet and doing all the stuff it takes to perform your backup.  Just connect to your Linksys wireless router and your storage is ready to rock already.  Heck, if you want something extremely portable go with a usb thumb drive or similar.  If your drive(s) and router are constantly up and ready you no longer have a large task ahead of you.  Of course on this site I focus on wireless drives, but you can add any number of other usb ready devices such as iPods (here's a cool tip on how to move your iTunes library to your wireless hard drive), mp3 players, and so forth.

So there you have it, a wireless hard drive using a Linksys router.  The beauty of course being that you can use a great router that Linksys is known for and yet still keep your choice of what type of disk drive you want to use as your data storage vehicle.  In terms of flexibility, the Linksys wireless hard drive likely is the best in class.