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.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 02, 2015
I think its time to take the switch out of the equation.

So maybe try the LAN ports of the WNDR3700 instead of the FS105. Leave the WAN port unused. If you are using all the ports on the FS105, then connect it to the WNDR3700 (and the 3700 to the main router). Connect the PC and the NAS directly to the 3700.

It is probably best to put the router in AP mode first (though it isn't strictly necessary).
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2015
Setup the router and experiencing the exact same problem as experienced with the switch. Results below

NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester
Running warmup...
Running a 1000MB file write on \\NAS-36-0C-08\Videos 5 times...
Iteration 1: 9.73 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 8.18 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 9.89 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 10.08 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 9.78 MB/sec
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Average (W): 9.53 MB/sec
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Running a 1000MB file read on \\NAS-36-0C-08\Videos 5 times...
An error occurred: The specified network name is no longer available.

Could it be a problem with another piece of software i'm running, i.e. DNS changer/printer/anti virus?
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2015
Would it be worth doing a fresh install of windows on my pc and testing the nas drive without installing any other software?
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 05, 2015
You should have been seeing faster write speeds using the gigabit router.

Try disabling antivirus and any internet security suite you have running on the PC (without reinstalling). Also confirm that you have gigabit connections on the PC and the NAS. Disable antivirus on the NAS as well.

Perhaps also try mapping a drive letter, and use that instead of the network path.

A fresh install of windows would be a huge amount of work.
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2015
Disabled my antivirus and experiencing the same results as always with the connection dropping.

As stated before the network somehow is generating two address' for the drive.
I can access the drive through the ip address(192.168.0.21) and the nas drive storage name(NAS-36OC-08) at the same time.
However, If I test one directory, the connection drops and the other becomes active.

Do you believe its something to do with windows 7 pro?

Is it worth speaking to netgear? I don't want to waste your time anymore which this as I seem to be losing the battle with it and want to throw it out the window!!

I really appreciate your help with this and its becoming very frustrating.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 05, 2015
Orthodoxyn wrote:
As stated before the network somehow is generating two address' for the drive.
I don't see that. 192.168.0.21 is an address, NAS-36OC-08 is the NAS name, not an address. What is the second address?

Orthodoxyn wrote:
Do you believe its something to do with windows 7 pro?
No. It works on my win7 systems.

Orthodoxyn wrote:
Is it worth speaking to netgear?
If you are within 90 days of purchase, then you can get free software support. After that Netgear honors the hardware warranty, but will charge for support. This could be a hardware issue, but it could just as easily be network or software.

A direct connect is the next thing to try. Is the NAS getting its IP address automatically? (that is the default).
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 11, 2015
When attaching the nas drive direct and restarting my pc I am presented with the following; "cant reach dns/ cant connect to http server"
The raidar software is unable to find the nas drive.

Thanks again for your help.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 11, 2015
The NAS can't reach DNS, that is expected (it is not connected to the internet). The PC can't either, for the same reason.

You need to set a static IP address temporarily on the PC (192.168.168.100 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0). Then you should be able to reach the NAS using \\192.168.168.168
Orthodoxyn
Aspirant
Jan 11, 2015
Success the benchmark when running the test was successful.

NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester
Running warmup...
Running a 1000MB file write on \\169.254.71.179\Videos 5 times...
Iteration 1: 55.69 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 56.68 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 56.68 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 55.74 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 56.43 MB/sec
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Average (W): 56.24 MB/sec
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Running a 1000MB file read on \\169.254.71.179\Videos 5 times...
Iteration 1: 62.78 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 60.42 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 57.75 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 60.13 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 62.36 MB/sec
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Average (R): 60.69 MB/sec
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Whats the next step bearing in mind connecting the drive to the switch, internet router and using the spare router didn't work?
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 12, 2015
Did you set the NAS IP to 169.254.71.179? Normally it would be 192.168.168.168

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