The unit comes with a 160GB IDE drive pre-installed. It only supports IDE, not SATA. There are also three USB 2.0 ports for hard drive expansion, printer connection or data copy from a USB flash drive. With a USB drive connected, it supports RAID levels 0 and 1 (striping and mirroring) all from a router!
Apart from the highly impressive hardware feature set, the main attraction with the WL-700gE is its in-built operating system. Based on a minimalist Linux build, the onboard OS is embedded into the firmware and takes over the full capacity of the hard drive.
The Download Master page allows to initiate new downloads from within the router’s web interface without the need for a client, and to interact with jobs already running.
Simply paste in the URL of the download you’re after, specify the appropriate protocol (HTTP, FTP or BT) and press Download. All incoming files are stored in the Download folder.
The main advantage of course, is that no computers need to be running to keep the downloads active the router handles all communication natively.
So this is a wireless router, a NAS device and has download capabilities. Not having to keep my desktop on 24/7 would be a big relief for my ears (PC fans are very loud!), and with this device I could download files without my PC. Awesome.
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