Adding an external HDD to my wireless network

[#1]

Hi, I hope one of you can help. 

I have an external disk drive (Lacie 500GB d2 quadra), which I want to be able to access wirelessly from my lap-top (MacBook Pro) while connected to my network (I have the verizon 91000EM Router). This is because I have too many files to keep on my laptop, music and photos mainly. 

How can I do this? I saw the router has a USB port, do I just plug the external drive to that? or do I have to buy anything else to connect everything (like the apple airport or time-machine drive)?

any help would be appreciated.  thanks. 

[#2]

You cannot add an external hard drive to the Verizon Router.  If you wish to do that you need to purchase a network attached storage device.  A few that I know of are by western digital or DLINK.  A friend of mine as the Dlink DNS-323 which allows dual drives which are mirroed to each other ( RAID controller) and the device also has a USB port for printer sharing.

[#3]

OK thanks, I guess i have to spend some more money on a network attached storage device. 🙂 

[#4]

You can try this device from Addonics.  I read some reviews where it worked really well.  Haven't tried it myself though.  Much cheaper than buy a true NAS drive.

http://www.addonics.com/products/nas/nasu2.asp

[#5]

I will 2nd the recommendation for the D-Link NAS Device.

I have the 321 and it has been trouble free.  I have 2 1.5TB Drives running in a Raid 1 Array.

I would have gotten the 323 but the price difference was to omuch at the time.

[#6]

Has anyone tried this Addonics product with success?