Link Aggregation

Question

is the 4 LAN port of XR500 support link aggregation?

BHoo · Answer

thanks for your information!. As I have a Synology NAS which has 2 LAN ports with link aggregation, and I am going to buy a new router and NR500 is one of my choice. So it seems NR500 can't fulfill my requirment......&nbsp;&nbsp;

Netduma-Fraser · Answer

As mentioned the XR500 does not support link aggregation as far as I am aware.

schumaku · Answer

Case850&nbsp;wrote:Is that a hardware or&nbsp;software&nbsp;implementation of Link Aggregation on the Synology NAS?&nbsp;Linux bonding driver.Syno does (like other major NAS vendors) also support Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) which does allow the LAG creation to non-managed switches.&nbsp;FWIW: Netgear does use the very same Linux bonding driver to create the Link Aggregation on the routers supporting it (like the R8500, R8900/R9000) - they logically map two switch ports to become system/CPU ports, so this does become possible.&nbsp;

schumaku · Answer

Case850&nbsp;wrote:The reality is these Netgear Routers are not "God Boxes", Netgear&nbsp;might Market them as such but as the R8900 &amp; R9000 show with their numerous problems Netgear cannot deliver on their Marketing.It's by far not as bad as you still try to imply. This includes 802.11ad&nbsp;on the R8900/R9000 support for the users having this tech available in the (aging) clients.&nbsp;Case850&nbsp;wrote:&nbsp;Link Aggregation is best done in Hardware and on an external switch connecting to a NAS.Linux Bonding is perfectly sufficient on these units - the processors are powerful enough - to provide aggregated bandwidth either to a NAS or to a switch infrastructure. This allowed to add alternate static LAG config options by community request. And it works like a charm. Nothing wrong with it at all.&nbsp;

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