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Some Newbie Questions
Hi All, new to the forum and new to NAS ownership. Was hoping you guys may be able to answer some (newb) questions. I have a ReadyNAS 214 with 3x3TB WD RED running in RAID X (RAID 5) connected up...
Scott, I think you are getting you MB (megabytes) and Mb (megabits) mixed up.
I have a ReadyNAS 214 with 3x3TB WD RED running in RAID X (RAID 5) connected up to my virgin router (internet speed 200MB down 25MB up) and i access my nas from both my house and my parents (BT 200MB down 55MB up) via VPN. Latest Firmware/OS.
If you are in the UK (I am), I don't believe any service is 200 megabytes down, at least the service might be 1Gigabit down or something, so are you translating that to MB?
I have a RN214 on local wired 1Gb network connection, with a wired 1Gb PC connection I get ~100MB/s, so 1 1GB file copies in just over 10 seconds.
Over WiFi it is much, much, slower, as StepheB mentioned.
Virgin media broadband M200 is 216Mbps, and the Virgin Hub3 WiFi claims to be fantastic, but this review shows near range WiFi speed maxed out at 10MB/sec - and the further you are away from the router, the slower it will get. Your 5MB speed is in line with this, so that is the first place to look.
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