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Configuring the two LANs
Hello, I'm a new ReadyNAS user and I have some doubts. I have connect my ReadyNAS Ultra2 like that: for achieve the fastest access to my ReadyNAS without lose Internet connection. The config...
If you have two NICs in your PC, you can try disconnecting the ethernet cable from the NAS to the router and then bridge the two NICs in the PC. Note: if you are on a laptop, and one NIC is a physical ethernet and the other is a wireless, the PC will select one but not the other. Generally it will favor the wireless.
Of course the PC must then be on for the NAS to reach the internet. As stated, the gigabit switch is the easiest method to do this. While a gigabit switch can be purchased from Newegg for as little as $25 (Rosewill, free shipping), I would go with the Netgear GS105 for $30 after a $10 MIR. I experienced some incompatibility between my NVX and my first gigabit switch (not Netgear) in which I could copy to the NAS but copying from had a transfer speed of less than 1KB/s! My Netgear GS108 works flawslessly.
Of course the PC must then be on for the NAS to reach the internet. As stated, the gigabit switch is the easiest method to do this. While a gigabit switch can be purchased from Newegg for as little as $25 (Rosewill, free shipping), I would go with the Netgear GS105 for $30 after a $10 MIR. I experienced some incompatibility between my NVX and my first gigabit switch (not Netgear) in which I could copy to the NAS but copying from had a transfer speed of less than 1KB/s! My Netgear GS108 works flawslessly.
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