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2nd LAN for Readynas Ultra
Hello,
I searched the forums without a clear answer.
The nas is connected to a 100Mb router were a single computer is also attached. This router is also connected to a GB wireless router. I would like to remove the router 100Mb but I cannot move the wireless router. Would it be possible to use the 2nd Lan of the NAS ultra to act as a network switch/router to route the network from the GB router to my computer?
a little schematic:
Current setup: Wireless router Cisco E3200 -> USR router -> (Computer, NAS both connected to router)
What I want: Wireless router Cisco E3200 -> NAS -> Computer
I hope I have been clear enough. Thank you in advance for your answers.
I searched the forums without a clear answer.
The nas is connected to a 100Mb router were a single computer is also attached. This router is also connected to a GB wireless router. I would like to remove the router 100Mb but I cannot move the wireless router. Would it be possible to use the 2nd Lan of the NAS ultra to act as a network switch/router to route the network from the GB router to my computer?
a little schematic:
Current setup: Wireless router Cisco E3200 -> USR router -> (Computer, NAS both connected to router)
What I want: Wireless router Cisco E3200 -> NAS -> Computer
I hope I have been clear enough. Thank you in advance for your answers.
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- No. Get a gigabit switch and put that in-between the router and switch.
- Well This is weird. Any computer with 2 lan can be setup for that. Why not thé readynas ? What thé routing option on ethernet 2 is about then? Any hack possible ?
- The second ethernet port would be for connecting to a separate network or making a second connection to the same network as the other port.
If you are comfortable with shell commands you could try and do something via SSH I guess though this wouldn't be recommended.
Best thing to do would be to replace the router with one that does gigabit or put a gigabit switch in between the router and the NAS. You could connect both the NAS and the PC to the gigabit switch and the switch to the router. You'd then get gigabit speeds between your PC and the NAS. - I do not mind going into SSL but i need à champion to get through it. Anyone tried it before?
- I haven't tried it and even if it were possible I wouldn't recommend it. Just get a gigabit switch. You can pickup a good NetGear one very cheaply.
- I ended up buying a wifi stick for that computer connected to the 100Mbps router to get rid of it.
- You still have a bottleneck as even 802.11N speeds are far less that available through gigabit wired networking. I know this is not always possible, but something to consider.
I at one time had a router with only 100Mb ports and was suffering from slower speeds as a result. A good friend who is a network specialist suggested the same thing as mdgm did and I put a gigabit switch between my router and the computer with the NAS connected to the switch and my speeds went up 5 fold. (Limited now by the NAS speeds not the network). - I understand but I do not have frequent huge transfer. I was motivated by the simplification of my setup. Before I had 1 modem, 2 routers, 2 NAS. By installing the readynas, I could remove the 2 old Nas and 1 routers. I have a better setup now and still I am saving 20Watts over old setup. Also the readynas is programmed to power down overnight. cool.
- Going wireless on the PC was a better choice than routing through the NAS (particularly if you want to power down the NAS on schedule, since the PC connection would not have been available when the NAS was off).
Though a switch would not have added much power. A GS105 has a max power use of 3.5 watts, I'd expect average power use to be a lot less, especially when you are only connecting three ports. It also would shift to a low power mode when the PC and NAS are not using the connection.
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