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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 second...
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!!
Crofty7 wrote:
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Description: Dell Wireless 1830 802.11ac
Driver version: 1.566.0.2
This is a 3x3 802.11ac card, so it can run much faster. I suspect you are connecting on a 2.4 ghz channel (5 ghz won't reach as far as 2.4 ghz).
Crofty7 wrote:
The house is a large 4 bed detached with detached garage. Both ground floor and first floor area is 117m2 (234m2 total). The BT smart hub is located in the centre of the house (dead centre) on the ground floor, and the NAS is located in the corner of the house on the first floor. As the crow flies the NAS and the smart hub are approximatly 8.35m apart (from modem to nas; 2.4m up and 8m straight line).
Our homes are similar in size, though I have a smaller third floor with a home office.
I found the RBK50 works well for me - not sure if you'd need one or two satellites for the main structure. Two works for me, but my placement is a bit different from yours. My router is about 1/4 of the way along the longer axis of the house on the ground floor, the satellite is placed about 1/4 of the way along the same axis (from the opposite wall) on the first floor. I get ~200-300 megabits per second wifi speeds throughout the house - similar to what you are getting over your powerline connection now.
There is an outdoor satellite available with Orbi. Using powerline to reach the garage would be more cost effective. Security is one aspect to consider though - if you have ethernet available in the garage, it does provide an easy way for someone to tap into your home network.
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!!
Crofty7 wrote:
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.
A mesh extender (for instance the EX8000) is another possibility, and that would be less expensive.
But the main question here is whether you need a mesh to get the coverage you want. If ~10 MB/sec wifi is enough for what you use it for, then you don't.
Crofty7 wrote:
I attempted to use a powerline in the garage but the distance is too great, signal strength is near on non existant.
20m isn't that far for powerline. But powerline generally can be hit or miss - it depends a lot on the circuit loading and wiring details You could try a different outlet in the house. Some powerline kits have built-in line filtering, and that can also improve performance.
There are other ways to bridge the gap with WiFi, though Netgear doesn't sell them. Ubiquiti Nanobeam for example uses directional antennas, which can bridge the gap. But you'd need to connect them to ethernet in the house, and to an access point in the garage. Again, the question here is whether it's worth the investment.
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