I'm thinking of getting one of these WNR3500L routers mainly for the USB NAS functionality, and of course the open source firmware options, I currently have an original xbox in my room which I've loaded with xbox media centre (XBMC) I currently have my computer linked by Ethernet and a shared 2TB hard drive which I keep my video files on.
I then watch my video files on my old 32inch CRT through my xbox set-up.
The downfall of this set-up is that it requires my computer to be constantly on and inside my room, which I'd prefer not to do. I was thinking I could plug my USB external hard drive into the USB port on the WNR3500L and share it without a computer over SMB.
My only problem is I don't know what Ethernet bridge I should get for my xbox, it only has an Ethernet port no other connections, I brought a bridge before with a dodgy NAS adapter and the streaming quality was less then desired. I'm hoping the new router and a n draft ethernet bridge should fix the speed issues.
Do any netgear n draft wireless Ethernet bridges exist? & if so which has the best performance for streaming video?
Lastly I currently pay for a VPN connection to bypass filters at university, can I use the WNR3500L as my own personal VPN server?
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