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Red-Wagon
Feb 15, 2020Aspirant
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 no...
- Feb 15, 2020
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.
StephenB
Feb 15, 2020Guru - Experienced User
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.
Red-Wagon
Feb 16, 2020Aspirant
SOLVED: successfully patched to the copper 1GbE SFP portsCisco SF-200' .
Boy do i feel stupid. Sorry i didn't notice the pattern. I had initially researched and ordered the RN524 but switched to the 526 at the last minute not realizing the 526 only has 10Gb NICs. Appearently Netgear Tech Support doen't knows this either.
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