Airport Extreme with 2TB WD HDD connected via USB

Hello all, have just joined this discussion group. I had been a windows user for several years now until recently when I replaced my laptop for Macbook Pro 13".
MAC OS is good and stable. As my MAC HDD is only about 250 GB, it is not sufficient for my media files both Photos, Music & Video. Hence, I purchased a 2TB WD Essential USB Hard drive for storing the media files and using it as the backup for Time Machine. I want to use my media files both in my Mac as well as my IBM Thinkpad (Office), I decided to buy N class Router and connect the HDD which would enable me to share. However, I failed on my ideas as the Netgear Router N600 WINDR3700 does not support HFS+ File System! I was not willing for Fat32, but tried that too, the file transfer speeds are very slow.
Now I am thinking as to whether return this WINDR3700 Router and buy Airport Extreme in-lieu of that. My questions are as follows:
1) Does Airport Extreme support 2TB HDD via USB ? I assume it will support HFS+ FS.
2) Would I be able to configure Time Machine for Backups to this HDD attached to the Airport Express ?
3) Could I configure iTunes & iPhotos to store Media & Image Files Library in this HDD instead of my local Mac HDD ?
4) How is the Speed of File Transfer to this HDD ?
5) How is the Speed of Internet in N class in Airport Extreme ? I currently use a 50 Mb DSL ?
I am even prepared to reformat my entire MAC and reinstall everything again based on your suggestion if there is a need.
My decision to buy Airport Extreme is based on all of you users valuable inputs.
Thanks in anticipation of your support.
Cheers, Sriram

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