Solved External hard drive to ethernet switch

[AccessBlaster]

Apologies in advance if this is teaching granny to suck eggs, but have you got a persistent connection in your db?

Never seen that trick

 

[cheekybuddha]

I did download and LAN Speed test and did a test read/write to the BE folder: Write: 100.61mbps, Read: 60.23mbps.

Remember there is a difference between MB/s and Mb/s - make sure you're comparing apples to apples

See here for explanation

 

[cheekybuddha]

Never seen that trick

It's an oldie but a goodie

 

[NauticalGent]

Remember there is a difference between MB/s and Mb/s - make sure you're comparing apples to apples

See here for explanation

Dammit Dave, my brain can only take in a finite daily amount of new information! For the record, it is Mbps. When I change the units to MBps(Mega-Bytes), it is 13.93/7.48 Write/Read respectively.

 

[Gasman]

Dammit Dave, my brain can only take in a finite daily amount of new information! For the record, it is Mbps. When I change the units to MBps(Mega-Bytes), it is 13.93/7.48 Write/Read respectively.

I thought Reads were always faster than Writes?

 

[NauticalGent]

I thought Reads were always faster than Writes?

Me too

 

[Minty]

You got me interested, as I have never noticed any real speed issues on my NAS box:

 

[NauticalGent]

Guess I picked the wrong box...those numbers are impressive.

I guess it could be the amount of traffic on my network too. We have 5 computers, and then there are the 3 televisions and a butt-ton of WiFi devices - I'm not sure if they have any effect or not.

 

[Minty]

I re-ran them and got even faster results with bigger packet sizes!

 

[NauticalGent]

I re-ran them and got even faster results with bigger packet sizes!

Oh sure, go ahead and pour salt on it too....

 

[Minty]

In fairness it's plugged into the same switch as my laptop... #TryingNotToUpsetNG#

 

[NauticalGent]

Good point. I will move mine to the same switch and see what that changes...#MintyIsABraggart#,#Trying-Not-To-Be-A-CandyAss#

 

[cheekybuddha]

@NauticalGent , are your results over wifi?

 

[NauticalGent]

@NauticalGent , are your results over wifi?

Negative. All wired with my cable (coax) provider. I use MoCA bricks to convert the signal to ethernet.

I moved the NAS to the same switch my laptop and although the numbers improved, they are still not as high as Minty's:

 

[cheekybuddha]

although the numbers improved

At least those numbers look the right way round!

 

[Gasman]

Oh sure, go ahead and pour salt on it too....

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Do not feel too bad John. though that is on wifi.

 

[NauticalGent]

Wow. Did you notice that your Write speed is faster as well?

 

[Gasman]

Wow. Did you notice that your Write speed is faster as well?

No, I did not.

 

[CJ_London]

All wired with my cable (coax) provider.

this may have something to do with it

Ethernet Cables vs Coaxial Cables - Key Differences Between the Two Networking Technologies

Learn the differences between Ethernet cables and coaxial cables, including their design, shielding, performance capabilities and common uses. Which one should you buy

www.smartechcables.com

coax - 10 Mbps
Cat6 - up to 1 Gbps
Cat8 - up to 10 Gbps

 

[NauticalGent]

this may have something to do with it

Ethernet Cables vs Coaxial Cables - Key Differences Between the Two Networking Technologies

Learn the differences between Ethernet cables and coaxial cables, including their design, shielding, performance capabilities and common uses. Which one should you buy

www.smartechcables.com

coax - 10 Mbps
Cat6 - up to 1 Gbps
Cat8 - up to 10 Gbps

So with that, I would have to bring the signal into the house into a central switch and then connect each device to it. Right now each computer connects to a MoCA "brick" (cable in. ethernet out). From what the article says, these bricks are causing bottle necks.