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link aggregation between two NAS'?
I have a synology with 4 ports and a RN312 with 2 ports. Can I connect 2 ethernet cables directly between these 2 NAS' to speed up file transers to 2Gbps?
I bonded ports 3 & 4 in the Synology....
Blanker-2 wrote:
What do u recommend for a NIC for the pc? Some of the dual nic cards are almost the same cost as the 10GbE nics.
The Aquantia AQC-107 equipped 10 GbE 10GBase-T cards are a good choice. Avoid the Tehuti TN-4010 variants due to driver issues and sometimes average performance.
Alternate choices are cards with SFP+ interfaces, for shorter distances to be connected using SFP+ DAC (direct access) cables.
StephenB wrote:
Blanker-2 wrote:
Ok. I have been reading that people have been directly connecting from their pc to the 10GbE card in the nas and then using one of the four 1GbE ports on the nas to the switch (for pc internet and access to lan).That sounds more like using the Synology as a router (similar to the Microsoft ICS - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/324286/how-to-set-up-internet-connection-sharing-in-windows-server-2003).
No routing involved at all. Just dedicated 10 GbE networks, typically direct connections, with dedicated TCP/IP subnetworks.
With the QNAP Virtual Switch we can do much more - flexible software defined networking does offer for example the ability to combine eg. a 1+1 Gb LAG and a 10 Gb into the same L2 network.
StephenB wrote:
10GBase-T is still too expensive for me to put everywhere (and laptops don't have it). So our other PCs all run gigabit ethernet, and they are limited to ~100 MB/s (and of course less when using WiFi).
10 Gb Ethernet does require to much power for mobile devices like notebooks. We can expect MultiGig (like 2.5 Gb or 2.5/5 Gb) interfaces there with newer notebook systems - so MultiGig capability on the switch, ideally some 10GBase-T and SFP+ port mix, can be key.
schumaku wrote:
Blanker-2 wrote:
What do u recommend for a NIC for the pc? Some of the dual nic cards are almost the same cost as the 10GbE nics.The Aquantia AQC-107 equipped 10 GbE 10GBase-T cards are a good choice. Avoid the Tehuti TN-4010 variants due to driver issues and sometimes average performance.
I picked up one of the ASUS XG-C100C cards when they first came out. They use the Aquantia AQC-107 controller.
schumaku wrote:10 Gb Ethernet does require to much power for mobile devices like notebooks. We can expect MultiGig (like 2.5 Gb or 2.5/5 Gb) interfaces there with newer notebook systems - so MultiGig capability on the switch, ideally some 10GBase-T and SFP+ port mix, can be key.
I get the power issue - though I'd be fine with having 10GBase-T (or MultiGig) NIC in a laptop docking station.
The most recent laptop I bought (for my wife) had no ethernet at all. There are a couple of Thunderbolt 10GBaseT adapters out there - they might be ok for a home office.
The switches are still very expensive - around 10x more than gigabit. That will certainly limit the number of 10GBase-T ports I deploy.
Thanks guys. I did see in my synology dhcp settings for all the lan ports. Gonna take a breather on this since it’s getting a bit too complicated for me.
StephenB wrote:
schumaku wrote:
Blanker-2 wrote:
What do u recommend for a NIC for the pc? Some of the dual nic cards are almost the same cost as the 10GbE nics.The Aquantia AQC-107 equipped 10 GbE 10GBase-T cards are a good choice. Avoid the Tehuti TN-4010 variants due to driver issues and sometimes average performance.
I picked up one of the ASUS XG-C100C cards when they first came out. They use the Aquantia AQC-107 controller.
schumaku wrote:10 Gb Ethernet does require to much power for mobile devices like notebooks. We can expect MultiGig (like 2.5 Gb or 2.5/5 Gb) interfaces there with newer notebook systems - so MultiGig capability on the switch, ideally some 10GBase-T and SFP+ port mix, can be key.
I get the power issue - though I'd be fine with having 10GBase-T (or MultiGig) NIC in a laptop docking station.
The most recent laptop I bought (for my wife) had no ethernet at all. There are a couple of Thunderbolt 10GBaseT adapters out there - they might be ok for a home office.
The switches are still very expensive - around 10x more than gigabit. That will certainly limit the number of 10GBase-T ports I deploy.
Late reply but for new readers: Re: Asus XG-C100C, I learned the hard way that it does not support WakeOnLAN (WOL). Asus states it plainly on their product support page FAQ (of course I didn't read that until I bought/installed the card and chased Windows forums for 2 hours trying to figure out why WOL options were all grayed out). An Amazon customer says Asus Customer Service confirmed it's a HW limitation of the card. The Aquantia 10GB NIC card does support WOL, so if that matters to you, suggest to go with Aquantia NIC.
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