Router as a NAS

[Infernal]

I am currently studying abroad my dorm room needs a router and I am in need for some extra storage. So a NAS came to mind. I'd like to be able to edit my photos straight of a network hard drive. So far googling seem to offer the wrt1900rt and r7500 as good options for this purpose.

 

Amazon has a refurbished wrt1900rt for 170 USD, but it seems that a lot of people report stability issues. And I am not sure I should take the risk importing without a chance to return it.

 

The r7500 seems to be on the pricey side but seems to offer what I need.

 

A x86 approach seems alluring but not sure is the effort worth it and getting it back home might be a inconvenient.  

 

Any recommendations?

[techguru]

asus ac56u

ac66u or ac68u

then install asus merlin firmware on the router

and you can set it up as a nas

[Infernal]

Seems that all of them have pretty bad USB throughput am I missing something? 

[techguru]

the merlin firmware fixes alot of the bugs

[techguru]

I run merlin on my ac66u

[Infernal]

Do you have an external USB hard drive attached? If so what speeds are you encountering? It would be reassuring to know that this setup would serve my purpose well.