NAS Drives and Apple TV and networking

Hello, first post on here so sorry if it is a bit disjointed!!!
Trying to be as brief as possible, I am running an imac with a time machine backup drive attached and a macbook. Both connect via wifi to the internet through my speedtouch 585 i router (Cytanet provided)
I need more storage because my photo library is currently running at 280GB
My thinking is that if i get a 4TB NAS drive and connect it to my router, i can access the drive from both computers and use it as a backup for my content. trouble is, if i set up the macs to the home network using the built in airport then will i lose the internet?
I also want to get an Apple Tv and use the NAS drive to stream content to it.
The main question is, how do I set up the computers to see the NAS drive and the internet? will it automatically see the drive as it is attached to the router?
and, if i can get that working, will using the internet slow down streaming to the Apple Tv.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Welcome to the  Discussion Forums
I don't fully understand why you think you will lose access to the internet by adding a NAS drive to your network.
You should be able to add the NAS, and the tv without losing your internet connection. Your macs should be able to see the NAS and use it for storage and back up, you should have no problem using it for your iphoto/itunes content and the tv should be able to use that content through itunes.
Network drives are unfortunately quite slow in comparison to external drives but in most scenarios should do the job.
Your connection to the internet may well be something like 8 - 16 Mbps, the NAS interface may allow speeds of around 20 Mbps, the tv requires around 5 Mbps but will operate up to about 14 Mbps. Your LAN is likely capable of much higher speeds and you shouldn't really have too much trouble using everything together.

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