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MikeTro
Dec 09, 2015Follower
Netgear GS116E-200PES Gigabit-Switch (16-Port)
Hi toghether,
at first i´m very sorry about my broken english. i cam e from austria and i don´t use english ver often.
my question is:
make it sense to buy an GS116E-200PES and use it with an Synology DS415+ with Link Aggregation activated ?
my motivation is to get an high data throughput between the NAS and my Smart TV´s streaming 720 to 1080 Movies.
all NetworkDevices are connected with 1 Gbit/s and the NAS is assambled with WD RED Harddisks.
other devices like game consoles, smartphones, tablets are connected trough wlan and didn´t stream any media content.
the second question is if the switch can make difference between internal and external traffic. that means how does it
serve the content ?
a) NAS -> Switch -> connected media device eg. smart tv -> switch -> NAS
or
b) NAS -> switch -> router -> switch -> media device -> switch -> router -> switch -> NAS
i´m asking this therefore because if answer is b what sense makes the link aggregation in this case ?
my router (ASUS RT-AC68U AC 1900 Black Diamond Edition) can also be configurated for Link Aggregation,
but i don´t want to do this because this is only possible with an modified firmware and modified sart skripts and
firewall settings and will be unstable.
i hope you can understand my questions and i also hope someone can help me.
with kind regards Mike
Hi MikeTro,
You may use the GS116Ev2 (GS116E-200PES) with your Synology DS415+. However, it would be best that you use a smart switch rather than an unmanaged plus switch like the GS116E. I recommend you the GS108Tv2 which is a smart switch and it supports LACP or Link Aggregation Control Protocol.
For more information about GS108Tv2, kindly access these links below:
http://support.netgear.com/product/GS108Tv2
Let me also share this link I found online and you could use it as your reference guide in setting up link aggregation between the GS108Tv2 and the Synology NAS.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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- DaneANETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi MikeTro,
You may use the GS116Ev2 (GS116E-200PES) with your Synology DS415+. However, it would be best that you use a smart switch rather than an unmanaged plus switch like the GS116E. I recommend you the GS108Tv2 which is a smart switch and it supports LACP or Link Aggregation Control Protocol.
For more information about GS108Tv2, kindly access these links below:
http://support.netgear.com/product/GS108Tv2
Let me also share this link I found online and you could use it as your reference guide in setting up link aggregation between the GS108Tv2 and the Synology NAS.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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