Readynas Duo v1 VS Duo V2

devilsrear wrote:

I've now purchased a duo v2 (with the special price offer on) and plan to get rid of the duo v1 and have a couple of questions. 1. I use the usb printer port on the DUO v1 - how do I configure this on the v2? 2. I am running on a gigabit LAN - do I need to change or enable Jumbo frames? If so where do I do this? 3. My ISP is moving to IPV6 - are there any additional network settings for this? Thanks

1. USB ports on Duo v2 are for storage devices only.
2. Jumbo frames are not currently supported on Duo v2
3. Not sure about IPv6 i think its supported but there is no settings in front view for this but i would think it matters more that your router supports it.

Cheers for the quick response

I should have checked the specification on the print server a little more throughly - still no big deal. I was expecting the device to be everything the duo v1 was and more...

Still I can always pick up a cheap usb print server. First Impressions are - the SPEED!! dropped 2 x 3tb Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001. The speed increase is on copying files around my home network is a great increase - 4-5 times the speed :)

Also the interface is pretty good and responsive - I'm not used to having it stop / start transmisson so quickly.

All up and running within an hour :) - just gotta port the old stuff of the duo v1

Devilsrear - if you have a desktop that you can leave on while anyone is up, you can connect your printer to it and share over the network. Many of us did that before we got an NAS. Not as convenient, but less expensive than a separate printer server. Over the last 5 years, as my printers have died and had to be replaced, I have gone to networked printers. They have really dropped in prince. Newegg lists a Samsung wireless laser printer for $62 shipped. With the proliferation of networked printers and the drop in the prices along with the problems trying to get the server function perform with all printers could be a factor in no longer supporting that function in the ReadyNAS.

Desktop with monitor, keyboard, mouse, power consumption over 200W running all day (night) next to ReadyNAS just to do printserver. I'm not sure if I could bear that.

1. USB ports on v2 are for USB disks or for UPS monitoring
2. Jumbo Frames currently not supported and they're not needed.
3. I think IPv6 is not yet supported but should come to v2 in a future update.

It is not good marketing tactics do launch new product, name it Product ABC v.2 after Product ABC already well known on the market and give less functions to this product than original ABC had. Apparently people are disappointed when they connect the box and they see there is no print-server, no sqeezebox, no that and that. This should be new line product named ReadyNAS X2 or something like that - not to make clients frustrated AFTER they buy the product. It's normal that when you see Product ABC v.2 you are sure that it has all what Product ABC had + some new features and improvements. Additionally ReadyNAS Comparison Chart on the Netgear website has been "updated" -> ReadyNAS DUO has been simply removed from this chart. So people can't see and check next to next what is present in DUO and not in DUO v.2 clearly.

Hi thanks for the positive feedback.

Maybe I should give you a little background?

I work alot from home and had a dedicated office, with a pc which ran to a PS3 as a media server. This seemed a waste of space.

Over the years I've tried to eliminate all computers (with the exception of a laptop)

1. Wired up all the main rooms of my house with cat6
2. Moved the NAS and printer to the garage
3. Bought a new TV that supports DLNA
4. Moved the Ps3 to a "games room"
5. Placed a wireless router in the centre of the house
6. Bought a three netgear switchs for main communication points (tv/satellite/mobile signal booster, ip phone etc)

So bascially everything is hooked up. I switch on the tv, can stream stuff directly from the net, nas, satellite, skype. I can stream to tv, ps3, laptop and phones and tablets - all great. I place all my media on the nas and use itunes on the laptop to pull off the albums I want onto it.

Works really well

I can pretty much work anywhere (if i have to) and print the odd document to the printer in the garage.

Other than the print server, I am 100% happy with my purchase. The Duo v1 has been around a long time and as such has a load of 3rd party addons, over time I would like to see Readynas release some more functionality.

Its a real shame they took the print server functionality out of the box - I'll end up having to buy a seperate usb print server now - not expensive - just an inconvenience.

Still on the duo v1 I was getting about 19mb/sec copying 5 gig file to my laptop (wired), but with the duo v2 - I'm getting about 87mb/sec - so a four fold increase.

:)

I think there will be plenty more addons to come to the arm based products in the future, as for the print server printers have become so more advanced with all the functions they build into modern printers it would be hard to cover such a wide range of functions from different printers so maybe that's why they removed it.

Third Party Add-ons are just that, third party. Which means they are not developed by Netgear or by you. They are a labor of love developed and tested by a ReadyNAS user on whatever devices he has handy. That means it will be a while until that user acquires one of the new v2 boxes and sets it up to start his development work. The x-86 based units (Original Pro, NVX, Ultra, Ultra Plus and New Pro) all have more memory and speed than the original sparc line so that encouraged development.

Many people, including the development staff encouraged the marketing staff to NOT use NV+ v2 and Duo v2 on the new models. Experienced members of this forum when their announcement was made stated that it was going to cause problems. There are many posts by members trying to figure out what they have. Of course with the NV+ the color made it much easier than on the Duo. So, yes, the marketing geniuses messed up. Hopefully, not as bad as the Coca Cola types with "New Coke".

I'm just reading old threads, and for whatever reason, kept reading to the bottom... why can't you keep the Duo V1 running as the print server for your setup? - I've just bought an NV+ V2 for work files only and I still plan on keeping my original Duo V1 as the music streamer for the SqueezeBox Server...