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benwrigley
Dec 15, 2013Tutor
Duo Performance and lockout
Hi All, I've been reading up a lot on performance issues that people are having but none seem to quite match mine. I apologise if I've writing about stuff already covered, but the performance troub...
StephenB
Dec 19, 2013Guru - Experienced User
Is it a GS108T per chance? Or the older un-managed GS108?
One issue with the GS108 is that it doesn't support ethernet flow control (802.3x). With the managed version (GS108T) you can enable flow control - which is needed for some media players (esp. if the NAS is running gigabit and the player is 100 mbit).
The WD Live can access your media with NFS, CIFS, or dlna. NFS is probably the best choice with a NAS.
One issue with the GS108 is that it doesn't support ethernet flow control (802.3x). With the managed version (GS108T) you can enable flow control - which is needed for some media players (esp. if the NAS is running gigabit and the player is 100 mbit).
The WD Live can access your media with NFS, CIFS, or dlna. NFS is probably the best choice with a NAS.
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