Ultra 4 Transfer speed very slow.

CMoney408 wrote:
...i know the switch is my weak point, i am getting about 11mb/s when transferring files to the NAS. is that about right? i feel like it should be much faster.

11 MB/s (megabyte per second) is right => 88 mbits/sec. There are control packets as well as data packets on the wire, and some "dead" periods when one side or the other is waiting. So it doesn't quite add up to 100 mbits.

CMoney408 wrote:
what would be the estimated speed bump if i replace the switch with a gigabit one?

Large file reads at @ ~90 MB/s, large file writes@ ~60 MB/s. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas- ... l=&start=2

Definitely worth the investment, unmanaged gigabit switches are very inexpensive.

CMoney408 wrote:
Notes: both my computer and Nas show the MTU at 1500

First of all, that's the correct value for your network. Second, those are settings, not status.