Hey Guys,
I've been trying to make a decent home NAS for the past year with little to no progress. The transfer speeds over the wifi are so slow it's pretty much unusable. Any help would be appreciated.
Here is my current set up.
Modem -> Router (Asus RT-N56U) <- 5 Port Gigabit Switch <- Zyxel NSA 320 NAS <- 2 Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s hard drives set-up in RAID 1
Here are the links to the various products in that chain if you want more specs.
Asus Router
http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN56U/
Zyxel NSA 320
http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/nsa320.shtml?t=p
Seagate Hard Drives
http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard...ku=ST1000DM003
On all accounts this should be a kick butt network. The problem I am having is that I get a maximum of 2.5 mb/s transfer speed. I keep reading of people who have 25 or 30 mb/s and I'm getting no where near that.
What I have tried
1. Put the gigabit switch between the NAS and the Router. Saw about .5 mb/s improvement.
2. Changed the cables going from the NAS to the gigabit switch and the switch to the router from CAT 5E to CAT 6. Saw little to no improvement.
3. Enabled jumbo packs to 9K. Saw .5 mb/s improvement.
I know that transfering data to an NAS over WIFI is not going to be as fast as going wired. However, 2.5 mb/s?????
I'm about to toss this thing.
My previous "NAS" was a 1 TB external hard drive plugged in to one of the routers USB 2 ports. The performance was virtually the same.
Should I have gone with a higher priced NAS? Maybe the Zyxel NSA 325 or the Synology DS712+
If I go wired will I see a big improvement? I wanted to keep everything wireless to reduce the clutter and wires going through the house.
I've been trying to make a decent home NAS for the past year with little to no progress. The transfer speeds over the wifi are so slow it's pretty much unusable. Any help would be appreciated.
Here is my current set up.
Modem -> Router (Asus RT-N56U) <- 5 Port Gigabit Switch <- Zyxel NSA 320 NAS <- 2 Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s hard drives set-up in RAID 1
Here are the links to the various products in that chain if you want more specs.
Asus Router
http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN56U/
Zyxel NSA 320
http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/nsa320.shtml?t=p
Seagate Hard Drives
http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard...ku=ST1000DM003
On all accounts this should be a kick butt network. The problem I am having is that I get a maximum of 2.5 mb/s transfer speed. I keep reading of people who have 25 or 30 mb/s and I'm getting no where near that.
What I have tried
1. Put the gigabit switch between the NAS and the Router. Saw about .5 mb/s improvement.
2. Changed the cables going from the NAS to the gigabit switch and the switch to the router from CAT 5E to CAT 6. Saw little to no improvement.
3. Enabled jumbo packs to 9K. Saw .5 mb/s improvement.
I know that transfering data to an NAS over WIFI is not going to be as fast as going wired. However, 2.5 mb/s?????
I'm about to toss this thing.
My previous "NAS" was a 1 TB external hard drive plugged in to one of the routers USB 2 ports. The performance was virtually the same.
Should I have gone with a higher priced NAS? Maybe the Zyxel NSA 325 or the Synology DS712+
If I go wired will I see a big improvement? I wanted to keep everything wireless to reduce the clutter and wires going through the house.