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Extremely slow (350KB/S) speed over Bridged Connection
Hey everyone,
I have a readyNAS Duo and am getting extremely slow speeds. First, my setup is a little weird: the router is downstairs, my readynas is plugged into an ethernet port on my desktop upstairs, and I bridged that ethernet connection with the desktop's wireless connection to have the duo show up on the network. So far so good, I thought.
But when I try to connect to the drive using my laptop, I can't even play music without it stuttering. Is this a function of my setup? Is bridging not a good idea? RIght now I really can't connect the Duo into the router and this seemed like the best solution. I also tried using PS3 media server and other streaming devices as a workaround and they work in terms of streaming without stuttering but they're always acting up (files not found etc.).
So I'm not really sure where to begin on fixing this, but if anyone had any suggestions at all that would be really, really appreciated! Many thanks in advance,
AR
I have a readyNAS Duo and am getting extremely slow speeds. First, my setup is a little weird: the router is downstairs, my readynas is plugged into an ethernet port on my desktop upstairs, and I bridged that ethernet connection with the desktop's wireless connection to have the duo show up on the network. So far so good, I thought.
But when I try to connect to the drive using my laptop, I can't even play music without it stuttering. Is this a function of my setup? Is bridging not a good idea? RIght now I really can't connect the Duo into the router and this seemed like the best solution. I also tried using PS3 media server and other streaming devices as a workaround and they work in terms of streaming without stuttering but they're always acting up (files not found etc.).
So I'm not really sure where to begin on fixing this, but if anyone had any suggestions at all that would be really, really appreciated! Many thanks in advance,
AR
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- Hello,
Bridging in this case doesnt sound good. You might need to look into the preferences of your Network card on the PC and on the Wireless. Check the "Large Send Offload" try the opposite setting. See how that goes. But yes bridging is not a good idea at all. If you connect to the router you can get a baseline and see what the best connection will be.
Can you let us know the baseline? - Hi Koss, thanks for the reply.
I've switched the large offload from enabled to disabled but that doesn't seem to have made much of a difference. I'm not sure what you mean by baseline unfortunately, is it something I'd find on the router's page or do I run a different program to get it? Many thanks again, - All he means is connect everything directly to the router (with no bridge) and measure the performance again.
StephenB wrote: All he means is connect everything directly to the router (with no bridge) and measure the performance again.
Ah, thanks for that, I'm getting 30 MB/S over a direct wired connection, so a drop to 350 KB/s over a bridged wireless definitely seems odd....
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