ASUS WL-700gE media server and BitTorrent client, whodathunk?

While it may not be as litigiously bold as that Dutch LamaBox peer-to-peer server, we're sure that ASUS' WL-700gE will catch the eye of the MPAA and RIAA all the same. Seemingly, the WL-700gE is just another digital media server packing 802.11b/g WiFi, a 3.5-inch 160GB internal disk drive, 4 x wired Ethernet ports, 3 x USB 2.0 jacks, a built-in firewall, and plenty of on-board apps to serve-up data via Web browser, FTP, Samba, and UPnP/DLNA. It'll even share USB tethered webcams, speakers, and printers across your net. But did you know that buried in the product details (which might explain how we missed the product announcement earlier this year) is support for computer-less BitTorrenting directly over the box's WAN port? That little nugget not only frees-up your in-home bandwidth but allows you to put your computer to sleep as that sweet, sweet media rolls in overnight. So go ahead, pick up the roughly $250 box as priced on-line, slap on a few 750GB drives and put down a retainer for a good trial lawyer, you know, just in case you get carried away.

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[lolersticks @ Aug 11th 2006 9:28AM]

OMG OLD NEWZZZ!


Get a life.

[tiuk @ Aug 11th 2006 10:25AM]

Hmm, this + an xbox with XBMC would be an incredibly versatile device. Hell, if it's small enough you might even be able to fit in inside the xbox if you remove the DVD-ROM and maybe use a smaller xbox HDD.

[Bart @ Aug 11th 2006 10:43AM]

The WL500gp (same hardware but without the internal harddrive) does Bittorrent as well.

[TeleCustom @ Aug 11th 2006 12:10PM]

I'd have a 100:1 Oink ratio in a week...

[tracy @ Aug 11th 2006 1:17PM]

well those were some really fabulous comments! hey if you cant say something constructive then why dont you just leave it alone?

heres my two cents. i just got one last week from newegg.com and i think its an excelent product. unfortunantly the photo album utility is lame and the documentation is thin. i havnt tried the bittorent features yet but its a great concept given the amount of ram and the proccessor on the device. hopefully OpenWrt will get ported to it so i can run Slimserver and a better photo shareing service.

[Jens @ Aug 12th 2006 2:59AM]

I have the wl500gx, which does the exact same things with a custom firmware and a bit of patience. I use it as a router, upnp/dlna server and torrent box

[Sam @ Aug 12th 2006 3:15AM]

Um... the Synology Diskstation series can already do this too, as well as being a media server, file server, print server, FTP/HTTP server etc.

It can't do the web cams stuff just yet though...

www.synology.com

Sam

[xelencin @ Aug 12th 2006 4:52PM]

Re: Sam

But do the Synology products support Torrents?

[Matt @ Sep 2nd 2006 2:48AM]

The QNAP NAS TS-101 is up in that feature space as well, including Torrents. www.qnap.com.tw

[John @ Oct 26th 2006 4:58AM]

Or the Procare eShare, available for OEMs

http://www.etmag.com/publication/magazine/2006-08/71.htm#4

[Oliver @ Jan 21st 2007 11:58AM]

Can anyone tell me if I connect to this via an xbox 360 is there any way of browsing my media by artist / album / genre. Got loads of music I would like to stream but not easy to find a song with the standard xbox 360 external hard disk selection.

Thanks for your help!