Buffalo Linkstation Live: read 13.9MB/s, write 9.4MB/s
Lacie Network Space: read 9.7MB/s, write 4.9MB/s
All via WZR-HP-G300NH as a router with gigabit lan.
Won't become any faster bypassing the router and connecting directly to computer...
How do you know it's not your computers being slow?
Try bypass the router and see what kind of speeds you get then.