About 8 months ago I switched to the Buffalo Linkstation ls-wvl Network Attached Storage (replacing my occasionally successful three year effort with generic NAS devices combined with USB HDDs).
I can safely say at this point that I am singularly impressed with the Linkstation, which while not quite as customizable as I’d become accustomed to is much easier to configure, and much much more reliable than the generic NAS running Snake OS.
My one complaint is that the version of Utorrent that the device has does NOT include support for RSS downloading (I use ShowRSS), which automates the downloading of shows you have “subscribed” to.
(I do currently have a “cludge” where my laptops Transmission client downloads the new shows to my NAS, but it would be nice if this was housed under one roof, so to speak, instead.)
On the other end of the cat5 cable we are still running an assortment of media players including Boxee Box, WD TV Live Plus, Egreat (with the Slingboxes) and the PS3s without issue.
Golly! When do we get to see the schematic of your network configuration?