Wireless Backup / data storage - Is this possible ?

Folks
I'm using a Netgear DG834GT wireless router/modem to access broadband internet here in the UK with my Powerbook.
If I buy a Network harddrive and plug this into the Netgear router will I be able to access the harddrive 'wirelessly' ?
Anyone got any experience of this ?

Yes, it is possible. I have a Buffalo LinkStation 250 G/B NAS connected to a LinkSys 8 port 10/100 Hub that also connects to my Airport Base and also to my Windows 2K (ugh) workstation.
I can access this NAS both from my PB and PC. I must admit however, it is dreadfully slow trying to backup anything via wireless.
When I want to do serious backups, I run an ethernet cable from my PB to the LinkSys hub so that I can backup at ethernet speed.

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The Apple iMac G4/1.0 17-Inch (Flat Panel) features a 1.0 GHz PowerPC 7445 (G4) processor with the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processing unit and a 256k on-chip level 2 cache, 256 MB of RAM (266 MHz PC2100 DDR SDRAM), an 80.0 GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive (7200 RPM), a tray-loading 4X "SuperDrive", NVIDIA GeForce4 MX graphics with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM (AGP 4X support), and support for AirPort Extreme (802.11g) and Bluetooth with optional cards.
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