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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...
It seems unlikely that change would result in the NAS slowing down your entire LAN.
IseWise wrote: Im wondering if this problem has anything to do with me recently switching ISPs. I recently upgraded from Centurylink DSL to Comcast cable.
If the NAS is set to use DHCP, then those fields should be filled in by the NAS. Mine are set to the gateway address (though router behavior varies on this). Do you have jumbo frames enabled? If so, try turning them off. For Comcast the MTU should be set to 1500.
IseWise wrote: ...I checked Network > Global Settings > DNS settings were empty. I filled them in with my DNS servers provided by my ISP, but I am still have slow down issues
When you click on "show errors" are you seeing a lot of errors, collisions, or overruns?
I don't see how.
IseWise wrote: ...A have ftp running on the NAS. Could this be related?
Are you forwarding any ports in your router to the NAS?
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