A NAS seems like a nice way to consolidate my photoalbums and have redundancy in terms of physical storage. But that whole cloud thingy is something I don't need, heck, I don't want!
I would say that a good router is the way to go and I think I should replace the one my ISP has given me. Can anyone point me in the direction for a guide to a hardware router and appropriate firmware, so I can be sure to control what the NAS (or any other device within the network) can connect to on "the internet"?