Wifi with Readynas Duo

This forum is so useful ! You are answering questions i've had for months !

Windows reports speeds in megabytes per second (MB/s). This is 80 megabits per second (80 mb/s) which as fast as your Belkin router can go. It is not a gigabit router, and you need a gigabit network to see the speeds the Ultra is capable of.

Oh i didn't know that, and i thought my router was gigabit, damn !

Keeping your existing router and adding in the gigabit switch (finding a way to power it!) is a cheaper way to get the same performance boost with the ultras, and avoids the need to use WiFi with the Duo.

If i buy a switch, would i also need to upgrade my router to get gigabit speed between my computer and my NAS ?

Your current Belkin is pre-standard ("Draft N"), which might be a problem. Either way the Duo would probably drop below 10 MB/s, perhaps as low as to 4-6

Could i still stream divx movies with those speeds or would it be a problem ?

Connecting your PC and 3 NASes to a single UPS means the UPS won't run very long. Though you are mostly wanting to have it run long enough to get a clean shutdown. The UPS can only be monitored directly by one computer (or NAS) over a USB port. The ReadyNAS can also get the status over the network, but if you do that you also need to connect your router (and switch if you get one) to the UPS as well. There is a software package that can also let the PC monitor the UPS from the ReadyNAS, you might search for it.

Ok i get it now...
So let's say i only plug my two ReadyNas Ultra4 into the UPS... How long do you think the battery would last ?

Also, is there a way ReadyNas can detect the UPS is running on battery, so it could automatically clean-shutdown ? If i'm sleeping during a power shortage i will be unable to clean-shutdown my NAS !

Definatly gonna buy an UPS tonight or tomorrow... Just need to decide between CP1000AVRLCD or CP1000AVRLCD ... price difference isn't huge, i might as well buy the best one...


Just wondering, how much watts does an Ultra4 consume ?