Looking to get a External 500mb HD...may be a network drive ?

[Mondo]

Need a backup drive for my stuff, it's getting to the point where its almost as cost effective to get a 500G HD than 200 DVD-Rs so have been looking at them and narrow it down to this but have a few questions.

I was dead set on getting This one until i found out you can get a drive that you can plug into the router and then have access to it when away from home with the PC off. This has the obvious advantage but the WD cersion i've seen have got really bad reviews on amazon. Anyone recommed any other brands?

Also, with my router running at 10/100 is it worth getting it as it's quite a bit slower than USB2.0 and Firewire, also with it being £50 more would you say the performance worth it..in your opinion of course.