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ReadyNas 104 - eth0 issues (unable to 1000/full duplex)
Hello, I've taken off the shelf my old RN104 and I've ugraded it to the latest os, no issues. ReadyNAS was connected directly to the netgear router got a connection, no issues. I've then...
It could be something in the NIC socket on the RN104, or an internal wiring failure in the NAS. Fast ethernet doesn't use all the pairs in the wiring, so internal failed connections could explain why gigabit ethernet negotiation fails.
It is a puzzle why you get no connectivity at all with the Cisco switch, but you do with the nighthawk. Did you try connecting eth0 with no bonding configured on either end?
The net here is that if the issue is internal to the NAS (which is what it looks like), then it is likely unrepairable. If the NAS is under warranty (3 years), then you can ask for an RMA via my.netgear.com.
You could of course give up on bonding - there isn't much (if any) gain on the RN104. Normally its performance is limited by the CPU and memory.
Thank you Stephen,
I can connect to the cisco router if and only if I set 100mb/s full duplex. Reason for the bond is mostly for redundancy and if possible the speed benefit, the nas is definitely not in warranty it's prior 2014. Make it easy to maintain. I wasn't even trying to do the ports scross the LAG XD
I'll check the circuitery, give it a nice alchol clean, maybe the dust is playing up. I did not think to check out what pairs were used for the different speed, man I got rusty.
I found an old kernel bug for ARMADA cpu where Marvell were flapping and there was a miss identification of the PHY device... took me way out the problem :) bloody occam scissor.
I'll open the box as soon as disk sync is done, any alternative firmware you would reccomend for the RN104? the ui is fancy, but I can't get pass btrFS, I've put this on the shelf after a power loss that caused the whole array to die.
See you in 120h or 60h, or 190h. RN is very confused.
Also, any idea of the pin out of what it seems a UART connector?
valk1 wrote:
I'll open the box as soon as disk sync is done, any alternative firmware you would reccomend for the RN104? the ui is fancy, but I can't get pass btrFS,
I don't know of alternative firmware.
valk1 wrote: Also, any idea of the pin out of what it seems a UART connector?No, though perhaps someone else here does.
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