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ReadyNAS Ultra 4 is slowing down my entire network LAN & WAN
Ive owned a ReadyNAS Ultra 4+ for several years now, with little to no problems, however I'm now having a very strange issue. Every time my NAS is connected to the network, the entire network begi...
That suggests the problem was some form of an ethernet/bridging loop. Generally when you connect two cables that way you want to use a link aggregation protocol (for instance LACP). I think you might not have been doing that. LACP needs the switch to support it to.
IseWise wrote: Ive disconnected one of the ethernet cables and my network seems to be working properly.
Not for single user performance. If you have simultaneous users it might reduce performance a bit.
IseWise wrote: However, won't this lower my read/write performance to the NAS?
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