Hi,I am completely new to network drives and wondering if someone can give me some advise as my transfer rate is incredibly slow.Here is my setupReadynas 102 (Firmware 6.2.2) INC 1 x WD RED WD30EFRX 3TBWindows 7 PC (jumbo frames enabled 2k)Netgear FS105 Gigabit SwitchAll cat 6 cablingWhen transferring, via file drop/copy within windows, an 800mb file its taking up to 8 minutes.Can anyone help?Thanks in advance.

The NETGEAR FS105 is a Fast Ethernet (100Mbit/s) Switch not a gigabit one. The GS105 is the Gigabit (1000Mbit/s) one. Can you confirm which you have?What speed do you get if you disable Jumbo Frames? Have you tried a direct-connection between the NAS and your PC bypassing the switch?Welcome to the forum!

If you are using a fast ethernet switch, then your network can't carry jumbo frames so you should turn them off on the PC and the NAS. Normally drag/drop of an 800 MB file will take about 1 1/2 minutes on fast ethernet. The RN102 should transfer the data in about 10-15 seconds on gigabit w/o jumbo frames (though your PC could become the bottleneck in that case, especially if it is a laptop w/o an SSD drive). The RN102 write speeds are slower than the read speeds.Also, I suggest using NASTester to measure the transfer speeds. You can find it here: http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance

The switch I have is FS105. Is it worth me investing in a gigabit switch? I have a spare wndr3700 router if that's better for me to use? I don't appear to be able to disable jumbo frames within the readynas. I cant change the MTU to 0 as it wont allow me to apply the change. It does only say that I have 100 mbps bandwidth.I disabled jumbo frames within windows the transfer rate for the file was 2 hours.I'm struggling with the program below as any network path I put it is rejected and I don't have a nas drive letter eitherThanks for your help.

Also I have noticed there has been a leaf network adapter installed. Is this likely to cause the issue?

Orthodoxyn wrote:The switch I have is FS105. Is it worth me investing in a gigabit switch? I have a spare wndr3700 router if that's better for me to use?You will get better performance if all your ethernet devices are connected to a gigabit switch. You can use the 4 lan ports on the WNDR3700 (leaving the WAN port unused), though that only gets you three usable ports (the 4th would connect to your main router). You could also set the WNDR3700 to AP mode and use the WAN connection to connect to your router. What is your main router btw?New switches are pretty inexpensive, you can find unmanaged gigabit switches in the $20-$50 range in the US. An RN102 can deliver 50 MB/sec write speeds and 70 MB/sec read speeds. Fast ethernet is limited to 10-12 MB/sec.Of course right now, something else is wrong, since you are seeing only about 2 MB/sec (800 MB in 8 minutes). Orthodoxyn wrote:I don't appear to be able to disable jumbo frames within the readynas. I cant change the MTU to 0 as it wont allow me to apply the change.YIKES. Its good that it didn't let you do that. Set the MTU to 1500, not 0. 1500 is the default MTU for standard ethernet. Orthodoxyn wrote:I'm struggling with the program below as any network path I put it is rejected and I don't have a nas drive letter eitherYou create a drive letter by right-clicking on the computer icon on the PC and then choosing "map network drive". You enter the network path there, and also can enter a NAS username/password. You can remove the drive later on, but right-clicking on it in "computer".Orthodoxyn wrote:Also I have noticed there has been a leaf network adapter installed.The leaf adapter is part of ReadyCloud/Remote. You shouldn't be using that on the local LAN. However, it makes sense to temporarily disable that adapter and retest, just to make sure it isn't being used.

ReadyNas 102 Slow Transfer Rate - Windows 7

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 31, 2014
Just uninstall readycloud (or readyNAS remote) completely. That will remove leaf. And disable jumbo frames everywhere if you haven't done that yet (MTU=1500 is what you want). Then retest.

You might have some other network problem which is causing the PC to switch to remote. There is a way to directly connect the PC to the NAS so you can get the data transfer done at gigabit speed and w/o passing through your existing switch. But take remote out of the picture first, and then see where we are.

I get the frustration, but it can take a while to work through these issues on the forum. Communication isn't real-time, and there are certainly aspects of your setup that we don't know.
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Dec 31, 2014
Uninstalling readynas remote gives me no access to the drive so i'm unable to retest?

Shame support isn't in real time. Can I provide you with any other details?
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 31, 2014
Orthodoxyn wrote:
Uninstalling readynas remote gives me no access to the drive so i'm unable to retest?
Well, that explains the performance problem. Leave it uninstalled for now.

Are you using your FS105 as a switch? And jumbo frames are disabled on the PC and the NAS?

You are saying that you can't map the NAS to a drive letter using the local NAS IP address?
Does entering https://nasipaddress/admin in your browser work?
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Dec 31, 2014
Jumbo frames have been disabled on both the nas drive and windows 7 on the pc.

I'm still using the FS105.

I'm unsure now how to find out the nas drives local ip. Sorry complete novice at this.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 31, 2014
You can install RAIDar on the PC and that will find it. (http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... _4_3_8.exe). That doesn't use Leaf or ReadyCloud.

Your router also knows, there might be an "attached devices" screen there that will list devices and IP addresses.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 01, 2015
Orthodoxyn wrote:
Shame support isn't in real time.
just to clarify - this is a community forum, and I don't work for Netgear (never have).

I'm happy to help out, but I am not Netgear support. You'd reach them via support.netgear.com.
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 01, 2015
Happy new year.
I really do appreciate all the help you have given me.

So, I have uninstalled the remote software inc leaf and installed raidar and successfully found my drive. This is still using the fs105.
Here are the results when running the tester.

NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester
Running warmup...
Running a 800MB file write on \\192.168.0.21\readydrop 3 times...
Iteration 1: 10.85 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 10.83 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 10.80 MB/sec
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Average (W): 10.83 MB/sec
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Running a 800MB file read on \\192.168.0.21\readydrop 3 times...
An error occured: The specified network name is no longer available.

As you can see from the above I'm still experiencing the issue where the path just drops off.

I have attempted to connect the drive directly to the pc however I am unable to find the drive even though I have mapped it.

Would you advise speaking directly to netgear?
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 01, 2015
I have done some further testing. I connected my pc and nas drive directly to my router/modem taking the fast switch out of the setup.
I'm still experiencing the same results as above where the connection drops out.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 01, 2015
Does the connection always drop immediately when you attempt to write to the NAS? Is it dropping if you use a different share for the destination?

Also, have you tried switching cables?
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 02, 2015
The connection drops around between 5 - 10 minutes.
You can tell this from previous tests that the initial loops run however on the 2nd iteration the connection usually drops and the drive can no longer be found.
Its strange as sometimes the mapping works via the ip address e.g \\192.168.0.21\videos\ however other times I have to access via the network path of \\NAS-36-0C-08\Videos\

I have tried different cables and have had the same usual results as per below. Also this time I notice the connection drops when the file is attempted to be read

NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester
Running warmup...
Running a 800MB file write on \\NAS-36-0C-08\Videos 5 times...
Iteration 1: 11.51 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 11.36 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 11.44 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 11.44 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 11.51 MB/sec
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Average (W): 11.45 MB/sec
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Running a 800MB file read on \\NAS-36-0C-08\Videos 5 times...
An error occured: The specified network name is no longer available.

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