Backup for macbook air

What would you suggest as the best set-up for NAS & backup?
I want my photos, music, documents etc. on the NAS so I can access media and data on my iPhone and ATV when the MBA is asleep or on the road somewhere. Am confused by all the different posts regarding Time Machine backups, incompatible NASs, etc.
- I have a new Macbook Air (with ac) so will replace my last-generation dlink router: suggestions?
- Will buy a NAS for data/media storage rather than an attached drive. Am considering the WD My Cloud (prob. 2TB - am not saving many videos)
- Would appreciate suggestions for a backup system for all of this. Priority is on saving photos, documents and other data from catastrophic loss (theft, fire). But need to back-up both the MBA (apps etc. and whatever data's on it at the time) and the NAS.
I know there are numerous options, but is there a best practice? As I've said, I'm having trouble deciphering the best practice from previous posts.
Cheers.

Wireless backups are very attractive. Apple has its TimeCapsule and many other manufacturers have followed with network accessible services of various types to offer wireless backup solutions of their own. One issue I've seen is that OS upgrades sometimes break 3rd party compatibility. Sometimes for a short while and sometimes much longer. Further, some solutions aren't; they back up for a while and then suddenly TimeMachine starts erroring out and the only thing to do is delete and start over. That's not a solution - it is a disaster. For a non-techie and for those who aren't willing to get their hands a little tech-dirty the best and safest wireless solution is Apple's TimeCapsule.
My personal solution is much lower tech. My MBA spends a lot of time in one of two places. At work the first thing I do is plug it into my USB hub and a USB drive begins its first TimeMachine backup of the day. At home it sits on the end table next to me. I screwed two aluminim bands underneath the table which hold a USB drive in place. First thing I do when I get home is put the computer down, plug in the drive, and let TimeMachine do a backup while the dog and I enjoy our afternoon walk. I love the idea of wireless backups. I've tested many different solutions and wound up going low tech anyway.
TimeMachine is great but it isn't my only backup solution. I also have a clone backup and I use CarbonCopyCloner for that. If my drive dies the clone lets me get right back to work. It gets updated much less frequently than the TM backup but at least once a week.

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Hello
After setting up my Goflex NAS couple of days ago ,my macbookair and macbook pro both showed goflex external for time machine option and asked me if i want to do my time machine backup on that external drive which i answered yes and they both started to do the time machine backup on that drive.As for the macbook pro 15 which is on osx lion ,everything went fine and the backups did as smooth as possible on the schuduale.for macbook air was totally different .it is running on osx lion also .but it will not ever finish up any backups .the only time that it did finish the backup was the first time ,but even for that one ,when i open the time machine window from system pref. it shows the oldest backup none and the latest backup none. i just left it on automatic backup .it will automatically start the backup but never finishes the backup process and i have to shut down the computer in order to stop the bad process.does anybody has a solution for this.
thanks in advance.
mike

In addition to jochen2d you can try this, albeit, requiring much more effort.
Live partition your external HD and make a 2nd partition of about 10-12 GB, call it installer. Then eject the hard drive.
Plug in your DVD drive, put in the installation disc. Fire up Disk Utility and make a new image with the DVD as your source material. Once this is done you'll have a disk image on your Desktop (or wherever you decided to save it). You'll then to scan the image for restore.
Once this is done, eject the disc and then unplug the external drive.
Plug the USB drive back in, and open up Disk Utility again (if you closed it).
Select the install partition you created and then click on the restore tab. Your source is the .dmg of the installation disc you created and your target is the install partition you created.
When this is done you can now run the installer partition and have an exact replica of the DVD installation media with your backup accessible.
Or as jochen2d recommended, you could go out and buy a $29 powered USB hub.

Using TimeCapsule to backup 4 Macbook Airs, that are hardwired (ethernet) to office network

Our current setup includes 4 MacBook Airs that are hardwired to an office network that services 100+ office personnel. We are simply looking for an efficient way to backup all MacBook Airs "automagically". If we continue to hardwire to the existing network, is it possible to also "wirelessly backup" using Time Machine while connected through ethernet? How might we go about this?

Hardwiring Macbook Airs must be fun.. they don't have proper ethernet ports only usb to ethernet adapters.
If there is a file store somewhere in the network that can be formatted HFS+ or create a drive image that is HFS+ you might be able to backup using Time Machine without doing anything. Even with a Time Capsule you could ethernet connect it to the network and point TM backups to it.
Generally it is better for your setup to stick to one setup.
But you can do what you want if you must!!
You need to run two different network IP address ranges.. so for example if your ethernet network is 192.168.x.x then the TC on its default address 10.0.1.1 will be fine.. You cannot use this if the main network is the same ip range so you might need to fix the TC to another network range.
It is easier to leave the TC in default router mode.. don't worry about errors that it cannot get wan connection. Just set to ingore.
In each air, set a static IP for wireless.. so using the example at default.. each air would have ip address, eg, 10.0.1.10 for the first one.. 10.0.1.20, for the second and so on.
Set the subnet to 255.255.255.0
Do not set gateway (router) or dns.
The air can now reach the TC.. if you are close enough it should connect on the 5ghz band.. you can force this with using a different wireless name for 5ghz.
Or split them to have some on 2.4ghz and some on 5ghz.
It will then work happily without affecting their connection to the main ethernet network.
Point Time Machine to the TC and start the backup.. do each one, when the last one completes.. as the initial backup will take a few hours and it is pointless simply getting them all to fight together to get access. Once the initial backup is done further backups are fairly small incremental assuming the computers are not changing lots of big files.
Also remember this is a backup in a single disk device.. it has no backup itself.. anything you delete from a computer will delete on the backup eventually.. when TM is good and ready.

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To create some sanity here:
If you are going to share files with family, friends, and coworkers Microsoft Office is the obvious and easy (though expensive) choice.
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Apple Support: Boot Camp Support Software 4.0.4326
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