Well basically I have a MacBook laptop as well as a iOmega 500GB Hard drive, now since I have a laptop I want to take it around with me and I do, but I'm not able to watch any of the videos or listen to my music as its stored on the external drive. I have a Netgear router with Ethernet sockets on the back though since its wireless there aren't any USB ports like the wired version. Is there any way I can put my External Hard drive into the router via a Ethernet socket by using an adapter?

Well basically I have a MacBook laptop as well as a iOmega 500GB Hard drive, now since I have a laptop I want to take it around with me and I do, but I'm not able to watch any of the videos or listen to my music as its stored on the external drive. I have a Netgear router with Ethernet sockets on the back though since its wireless there aren't any USB ports like the wired version. Is there any way I can put my External Hard drive into the router via a Ethernet socket by using an adapter?

Linksys nslu2
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Storage-Link-Drives-NSLU2/dp/B0001FSCZO/ref=cm_lmf_tit_1_rsrsrs0

Shoulda got a Western Digital My Book World Edition. They have an ethernet port on the back and are designed to be accessed via the net.

Thats not what I asked, I wanted to know is there some sort of adapter I can buy to make them compatable?

There is no such adapter or cable that will do what you want. Even if you find a USB-Ethernet cable, neither your hard drive or router or any combination of the two will let you acces it. That's what the NAS settup is for.

I could easily make you an adapter for Ethernet-USB just to appease you and let you connect it. But it would then just sit there and do absolutely nothing.