Just a thought ... but you mentioned that you have 3 desktops and only 2 people. Why not set up the third desktop as a sort of server, hook up the two external drives to it, any printers you might have, and even use it as a backup drive (copy your data there every once in a while). Just leave it on all the time and the drives will always be available, instead of buying the extra hardware from Linksys ... just a thought ....