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Router starts rebooting when I enable teaming on RN516
Problem for Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) on RN516. Setup. Router ASUS RT-AC66N running latest FW, acting as DHCP, most permanent devices have a fixed IP, running normal 1500, not jumbo package. C...
You're right - I saw LAG supported in the configuration utility, and assumed that all the smartswitches supported it. However many of them don't (including the GS116E).
If you need to stick with the GS116E, then perhaps transmit load balancing is the best you can do. I suspect that will not create any issues with the router. If you can upgrade to a GS116T-200 switch, then you'd get LAG/LACP support.
Though teaming generally doesn't make that much difference in a home environment. Each session remains limited to 1 gbit, so it only helps when multiple users are accessing the NAS simultaneously for large sequential file transfers. If the files are small (or the users are doing random I/O), then you are usually limited by the disk seek performance, not the network.
If you need to stick with the GS116E, then perhaps transmit load balancing is the best you can do. I suspect that will not create any issues with the router. If you can upgrade to a GS116T-200 switch, then you'd get LAG/LACP support.
Though teaming generally doesn't make that much difference in a home environment. Each session remains limited to 1 gbit, so it only helps when multiple users are accessing the NAS simultaneously for large sequential file transfers. If the files are small (or the users are doing random I/O), then you are usually limited by the disk seek performance, not the network.
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