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SXS80 2.5G LAN Ethernet Port 1 - Link speed limited to 1000 Mbps?
Hi, I am using a NAS (Synology DS1823xs+) that is connected via a CAT8 ethernet cable, from the NAS’ LAN 3 port (10GbE) to the LAN 1 port (2.5GbE) on a Netgear Orbi Pro 6 Satellite (SXS80) with the l...
For link speeds higher than 1000BaseT, auto-negotiation is mandatory. Or does Syno break this standard and has an option to select a fixed link speed like 2.5G or 5G on these adapters? That much about the ***** idea to ask if Netgear has a way to force 2.5G on the port 8-)
No, you do not need to manually set the link speed on the Synology NAS. I think you are focusing too much on the NAS though, at the moment the few pieces of evidence that I've gathered would point to the Orbi Satellite being at fault, not the NAS. I would put my faith in the $2000 enterprise-grade NAS which is capable of 10/5/2.5/1GbE LAN (released 2023), rather than the $200 Orbi Satellite which is capable of 2.5/1GbE LAN (released 2020).
I can also add that the 2.5G WAN Port 1 on my router (SXR80) is correctly showing "Link Speed: 2500M/Full" in Insight, so at least I know that Insight is able to show numbers higher than 1000. But again, I am a bit curious to hear if anyone has ever managed to get the 2.5G LAN Port 1 on SXS80 to show as "Link Speed: 2500M/Full". Or perhaps everyone that has ever used Orbi Pro 6 since it was released in 2020 has unknowingly only been getting 1G speeds on that port. I might be the first person who has ever reported this issue in the past 3 years...?
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