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Do I need to enable link aggregation on the router since I've setup bonded ports on the NAS?
I have a ReadyNAS 214 and a Netgear Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Router (RAX70) - AX6600. I've enabled port bonding on the ReadyNAS. Do I also need to enable port aggregation on the router? The NAS is connec...
Rabold wrote:
I have a ReadyNAS 214 and a Netgear Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Router (RAX70) - AX6600. I've enabled port bonding on the ReadyNAS. Do I also need to enable port aggregation on the router? T
FWIW, the manual for your router is here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RAX70/RAX70_RAX78_UM_EN.pdf
- If you are using LACP on the NAS, you need to enable LACP on the router. See page 86 above.
- You could use active backup, transmit load balancing or adaptive load balancing w/o enabling LACP on the router.
- You definitely should not try to use Round-Robin, XOR, or Broadcast on the NAS
LACP is probably the best of the three options available to you. However, the performance gain won't be huge, and is only realized when several clients are accessing the NAS simultaneously.
Rabold wrote:
I have a ReadyNAS 214 and a Netgear Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Router (RAX70) - AX6600. I've enabled port bonding on the ReadyNAS. Do I also need to enable port aggregation on the router? T
FWIW, the manual for your router is here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RAX70/RAX70_RAX78_UM_EN.pdf
- If you are using LACP on the NAS, you need to enable LACP on the router. See page 86 above.
- You could use active backup, transmit load balancing or adaptive load balancing w/o enabling LACP on the router.
- You definitely should not try to use Round-Robin, XOR, or Broadcast on the NAS
LACP is probably the best of the three options available to you. However, the performance gain won't be huge, and is only realized when several clients are accessing the NAS simultaneously.
We have a house full of devices that routinely pull from the NAS at the same time, so the extra info that you added was super helpful, thanks!
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