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boards
Aspirant
Feb 09, 2022

GS110EMX 10GB-LAN connection

Hello there,

I am no techie, and in these days and esp. in this city it is complicated to get a good admin to handle what I am about to ask you. Nothing special I guess but, as I said, I am no techie, I just understand the basics.

 

I need to set up a simple 10 Gb connection to my Synology NAS to work more efficiently and faster with huge Photoshop files. I bought the affordable GS110EMX switch for that (I thought). It should connect (and now already connects via 1Gb LAN connection) my router (Fritz 7490), printer, NAS 1 (Synology D412+), NAS 2 (Synology 1819+) and my PC (Windows 10 Pro). So I can either use both NAS via LAN on my PC or via WLAN on my Mac laptop (in a different room).

The PC (with 10Gb network card) is connected via 6a cat cable with the GS110EMX port 9, the NAS 2 (Synology 1819+ with 10Gb-card) is on port 10 with 6 cat cable. All others are connected via the ports 1 to 8 (router, NAS 1, printer).

My simple theory is: I work directly on my NAS 2 via the 10Gb-connection set up from my PC to the GS110EMX switch (port 9) which connects to the NAS2 through port 10 and get the full power from this 10Gb connection. I still want to connect via Mac > WLAN/Router to my NAS 2 and can live with the lower 1Gb connection between router and switch.

Is my thinking right here? Is that possible at all? Or does this setup automatically downgrade to 1Gb? Did I buy the right switch for that? And, if yes, can you explain in a relatively simple way how to connect the NAS 2 so I get the full 10Gb via PC?

Or should I buy a new router which is 10Gb able?

Let me know, appreciate any help.

Thx! Alex

4 Replies

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User

    Don't esablish any other network connection on your windows PC - only the 10 GbE link to the GS110EMX, from where you can reach the NAS2 on the other 10 GbE GS110EMX port, and the rest of your network on the 1 GbE ports, with one link to the router.

    • boards's avatar
      boards
      Aspirant

      Hi Schumaku,

      that's what I did.

       

      GS110EMX

      Port 1: Router

      Port 2: Printer

      Port 3: NAS1

      ...

      Port 9: PC (Cat 6a)

      Port 10: NAS2 (Cat 6)

       

      But 10Gb between PC and NAS2 is not established, it is still 1Gb LAN.

       

      Does it downgrade to 1Gb automatically? What could be the problem?

      Lmk

      thx

      Alex

       

       

      • schumaku's avatar
        schumaku
        Guru - Experienced User

        boards wrote:

        Port 9: PC (Cat 6a)

        Port 10: NAS2 (Cat 6)

         

        But 10Gb between PC and NAS2 is not established, it is still 1Gb LAN.


        The Ethernet links are negotiated established between the PC adapter, and the switch port, and the NAS2 and the switch port. If one of the links does run on a lower speed, of course the connection speed is limited to the slowest link.

         

        Troubleshooting does begin with checking the MultiGig port (#9 and #10) LEDs on the GS110EMX, check the PC adapter properties and status, check the Syno 10 GbE adapter, .... always LED indications and information available on the relevant OS.

         

         

         

  • DamianM's avatar
    DamianM
    NETGEAR Moderator

    Dear Customer, 

     

    You have contacted the German-speaking NETGEAR Community.

     

    We are able to support you only in this particular language. If you decide to contact us in German, please rewrite your question and/or describe your issue/problem so everybody can understand and participate if they want.

     

    Kind Regards,
    DamianM
    NETGEAR Community
     

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