cant go faster than 12 MB/s

dirkdigs wrote:
looks like the issue is either with the netgear switch (gs108na) or the 25 ft cat5e (Belden bonded pair) patch cord that connects it to the Pace.

I had the exact same problem, and it was the patch cable (in my case, just a 20cm patch cable). It was driving me crazy trying to work out why I was only getting 100Mb/s through my router, until I remembered I had recently swapped the cable. Swapped it for a different cable, and everything was again humming at max speed (in my case, limited by the wireless connection from my MacBook Air).

StephenB wrote:
Best bet is to go with the 6 bay RN516 (or the RN716 if you can afford it). The 500 and 700 series are the fastest, but neither has a 4 bay version at present. The 716 will do ~600 MB/s on a 10 gig link, so it easily maxes out gigabit.

Or wait an go with the ReadyNAS 200 series that Netgear have announced, it is supposed to be capable of up to 200MB/s which should be enough to max out Gigabit. Though the question then becomes, what are you doing that requires maxing out Gigabit?