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ReadyNAS disables the ethernet ports when connected to Cisco switches
I have a new ReadyNAS 526x, fw 6.9.2 right out of the box. This is the second box with the exact same behaviour - first was RMA'ed. When I patch the NAS into our LAN Cisco SF200-24 switch it will not connect (no connection/activity lights & the switch shows not connection made). I have tried the same cable and same port that successfully connects to my existing ReadyNAS NVX amoung many other things and 2 hours phone support with Netgear. The same happens when I try to connect a Linksys-by-cisco workgroup 5-port switch. Also the same when try a direct connect with my Dell laptop using static IPs. And also with a D-Link WiFi router with 4-port switch.
HOWEVER the 526x WILL CONNECT to the 8-port switch on the Linksys EA9500 WiFi router (turned on DHCP services). It connects to the EA9500 but when I move the cable to the SF200 the NAS ports go dark. Move the cable back to the WiFi and the ports light up and connection is made. The same happens with a small D-Link switch. And I can put both of these devices between the NAS and the Cisco SF200 and the NAS is visable to the entire LAN. Although not solution i need -- working toward putting all of these on seperate VLANS.
If it matters there is a Cisco ASA 5505 upstream of the LAN switch doing firewall & DHCP services. When I was able to connect to the NAS I assigned a static IP to NIC-0 and left the other un-assigned.
So again Joy connecting to :
Linksys EA9500 WiFi eithernet
D-Link workgroup switch
No Joy connecting to:
Cisco/Linksys workgroup switch
Dell laptop direct connect
D-Link WiFi ethernet
Cisco SP200 Switch <--LAN cable plant
Any ideas ???
Red-Wagon wrote:
When I patch the NAS into our LAN Cisco SF200-24 switch it will not connect
Part of the puzzle here is that the RN526x's 10GBase-T LAN ports won't connect to anything slower than gigabit ethernet - and the SF200 is a 10/100 switch. https://kb.netgear.com/30952/What-Ethernet-speeds-are-compatible-with-my-RN526x-or-RN626x
So I suggest checking the other devices that won't connect, and see which ones support gigabit. You can of course put a gigabit switch between the SF200 and the NAS. Or upgrade to an RN628x, which has two gigabit ports in addition to the two 10GBase-T ports.
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Red-Wagon wrote:
When I patch the NAS into our LAN Cisco SF200-24 switch it will not connect
Part of the puzzle here is that the RN526x's 10GBase-T LAN ports won't connect to anything slower than gigabit ethernet - and the SF200 is a 10/100 switch. https://kb.netgear.com/30952/What-Ethernet-speeds-are-compatible-with-my-RN526x-or-RN626x
So I suggest checking the other devices that won't connect, and see which ones support gigabit. You can of course put a gigabit switch between the SF200 and the NAS. Or upgrade to an RN628x, which has two gigabit ports in addition to the two 10GBase-T ports.
SOLVED: successfully patched to the copper 1GbE SFP portsCisco SF-200' .
StephenB wrote:
Red-Wagon wrote:When I patch the NAS into our LAN Cisco SF200-24 switch it will not connect
Part of the puzzle here is that the RN526x's 10GBase-T LAN ports won't connect to anything slower than gigabit ethernet - and the SF200 is a 10/100 switch.
Indeed, most 10 GbE interfaces (and switches) don't support anything below Gigabit Ethernet.
Red-Wagon wrote:So again Joy connecting to :
Linksys EA9500 WiFi eithernet
D-Link workgroup switch
No Joy connecting to:
Cisco/Linksys workgroup switch
Dell laptop direct connect
D-Link WiFi ethernet
Cisco SF200 Switch <--LAN cable plant
Except of the EA9500 and the SF200, these marketing names don't allow to assist - impossible to guess what devices these are. One would need exact model designations. Older hardware and lower cost/power notebooks often came with Fast Ethernet only - an outdated standard when you consider using a NAS with it - you seriously don't win the storage race. Most users experience that Gigabit on the complete data path from the computer to the NAS somewhere between almost sufficient to non-sufficient.
The minimum you could so is - permitting the ports are not already in use - would be using one or two* of the the SF200 combo Gigabit ports (combo means you can either use the SFP slot typically for a fiber interface, or the RJ45 Gigabit interface) to connect the NAS. For using both ports, configuring a trunk/bond/LAG on the switch and on the NAS would be required.
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