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Vista Wireless Performance Questionnaire
With the amount of Vista issues on the forum, we are putting out a questionnaire here to get more information on the setups to get get a grasp of what is happening. Based on user feedback over the la...
Pidsly wrote: Is that seriously turning the speed down? I have wired and wireless access running.
Not necessarily. Generally speaking, larger MTUs are more efficient, however, larger packets can choke slower links, resulting in the old "trying to suck a basketball through a garden hose syndrome."
The top section of this article provides a good explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit
Pidsly wrote: All issues including speed over the wire?
The tutorial is primarily for wireless users, not wired. Before doing anything, can you please post your current network settings for your NAS, as well as the performance numbers you are seeing.
We need to know:
- type of connection (wired, 10, 100 or gigabit)
- MTU setting
- performance settings (journaling on or off)
- make & model of router & switch
- client PC specs (operating system, type of network card, etc.)
- what performance numbers you're getting for read and write
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