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Aspirant

Jan 07, 2019

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NAS very slow at opening photos

Hi,

I've started a spring clean with my NAS and i'm sorting the backup photos from my mobile, however when reviewing the images it's very slow and painfull. One image could take 60 to 90 seconds to open and then a further 10 seconds to come into focus.

I'm using a DELL XPS15 connected through LAN cable via a USB-C adaptor, the LAN cable is plugged into a Solwise plug in extender. The NAS is also connected to a seperate Solwise plug in extender. Would this be the reason for slowing down access to the photos? Should i make a direct connection with the NAS to improve speed?

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Crofty7
Jan 17, 2019
Considering what you have said then i see no real point in going for the Orbi as it will not outperform my current setup enough to warrent the purchase. I attempted to use a powerline in the garage but the distance is too great, signal strength is near on non existant. I looked at the external Orbi but was put off by some reviews and it's cost.

I teather through my phone in the garage and that works fine for me, but i do burn through my data pretty quickly!!

Thanks for your help...now to raise a further cunundrum in another thread!!

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 08, 2019
Can you try running NasTester, and see what speeds it reports? http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance

Also, are your Solwise devices powerline networking gadgets, or are they something else? Generally speaking, you'll get the fastest speeds with wired gigabit ethernet.
- Crofty7
  Aspirant
  Jan 08, 2019
  The solwise plugs are as https://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-pl-hl129ep.html
  
  I opened the NAS tester but don't know what to enter into the network path field. I copied the network address but this didn't work.
  
  The file path copied was \\nasname?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 08, 2019
    Crofty7 wrote:
    
    The solwise plugs are as https://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-pl-hl129ep.html
    
    Ok, powerline. Gigabit ethernet would be faster if it is practical to run a cable. NasTester should give us some idea on how much faster.
    
    Crofty7 wrote:
    
    The file path copied was \\nasname?
    
    You need \\nasname\sharename or \\nas-ip-address\sharename (using the real hostname, IP address, sharenames of course). Note the direction of the slashes, which is important.