Gig-E

[RimGreaper5000]

So, I bought a WD 1TB NAS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136346&Tpk=wd 1tb my book world.

NAS is connected to my router - a Cisco WRT160N. All 4 ports are gigabit enabled. I also installed a gig-e NIC in my tower.

Now, copy/paste from the PC to the NAS yields about 10-12MB/sec throughput. This is what I was getting before I installed the NIC. From what I've read/know, gigibit is useless if there's a weak link (something not gig), which is why I bought the card.

I was hoping to get faster speeds when transferring files from the PC to the NAS, but no dice.

That being said, is there a config item that I'm missing (router, NIC, NAS)?

Would the i/o of the NAS be limiting throughput?

Scratching my head on this one - any thoughts?

Setup: NAS connected to port 2 on the router
All cabling is CAT 5e
NIC is set to auto-neg
My other PC has 10/100 NIC - so I pulled that
from my router just in case the other 3 ports
reduced themselves to the slowest connection.

 

[ChuckTheHammer]

I have the same issue rim. When I went looking I found some information on Tom's hardware and a few other sites. From my understanding it is not a connection issue as much as an operating system limitation. Somewhere you can enable larger packets but if you are at 10 - 14 then I think it is already there. I know this is not an answer, but on this you are not alone. On my Vista 32 computer I get 9 - 10.

 

[Bob369963]

Set up an FTP connection rather than using drag and drop or copy and paste. Also adjust jumbo frames to appropriate size (?? 4088 should do well ??). Take a look at speedguide.net for tweaking tools and other good info.

 

[RimGreaper5000]

Thanks Bob.

I will set that up as soon as I get a new router. I was misinformed - ports on my router are actually 10/100

I did, however, directly connect the NAS to my NIC - transfer rates were about 15.xMB/sec. In the short run with a 30MB file, I don;t mind waiting the extra second. I suppose though on my larger files (like my now-priceless Max Hardcore movies) those 5 megs are gonna cut off alot of time.