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I bought my R9000 for the NAS aggregated connection to it
I bought my R9000 for the NAS aggregated connection to it. I wanted file access and storage to be of high importance. I'd love to see a collection of suggested Netgear configured environments for the home user. Ethernet is not always the easiest connection to make to these devices. Thanks.
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JINXRCAT wrote:
I bought my R9000 for the NAS aggregated connection to it.
What do you mean by that? The "aggregated" word can have specific meanings.
I wanted file access and storage to be of high importance. I'd love to see a collection of suggested Netgear configured environments for the home user. Ethernet is not always the easiest connection to make to these devices.Ethernet is actually the safest and easiest option. But it isn't the cheapest route.
Netgear's role in this is providing the network environment that you can deploy. The only network hardware it makes is the ReadySHARE NAS range, not really a consumer product given the price.
Netgear does include USB connectivity for many routers. This is also touted as ReadySHARE.
The R9000 supports USB. Just find something that fits your neds and is cmptible with that router.
ReadySHARE USB Drives Compatibility List | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Be warned that that is incomplete and unlikely to be up to date. USB is not Netgear's caper so it doesn't have large teams of people testing the thousands of USB devices out there on the market.
Storage is in the hands of people whom make storage systems. If you want WiFi connection, for example, they are the people to ask for advice. Anything that Netgear says is going to be incomplete.
I was just adding my comments to my use of the R9000 with my Network Storage Device. Ethernet port aggregation between two devices allows your devices to treat multiple Ethernet links as if they were a single link. Sorry for not explaining my use.
I am no Guru in any of this equipment. I am an OLD dog, that spent 40+ years in the technical support profession.
I would agree ethernet is the safest, but it is not easy to run in old houses. I have a home built in 1977, with two floors, service comes into the home through the basement. The basement has a finished ceiling. Also depending on the Cat-x cable you run only adds to the difficulty.
Wireless is the answer if it can go through walls, floors & ceilings, just requiring power - like AP or Extender, but no ethernet connectivity. I don't see how that Wifi can exist or be faster if it must communicate on the same bandwidth as the master router. This is why I asked if Netgear engineers can recommend hardware that we old farts can add to make our old equipment still usable.
Seems like what I did with 8-tracks, reel-to-reel & cassettes is all happening in this electronic age of networking.
I believe in this string of comments there was the statement the mesh environment does not work with the R9000. So we cannot add any of the Orbi's or that new technology?
JINXRCAT wrote:
I was just adding my comments to my use of the R9000 with my Network Storage Device. Ethernet port aggregation between two devices allows your devices to treat multiple Ethernet links as if they were a single link. Sorry for not explaining my use.
Not sure that I can spot many connection between port aggregation and access to storage.
As I understand it, that is more to do with enabling faster Ethernet. But that isn't going to get you very far if you have attached devices that are stuck at a slower Ethernet speed.
JINXRCAT wrote:
I would agree ethernet is the safest, but it is not easy to run in old houses. I have a home built in 1977, with two floors, service comes into the home through the basement. The basement has a finished ceiling. Also depending on the Cat-x cable you run only adds to the difficulty.
At least a year younger than my house.
I use Powerline Ethernet to connect things. It does depend on the quality of the house wiring, but it can beat WiFi in ease and reliability.
I believe in this string of comments there was the statement the mesh environment does not work with the R9000. So we cannot add any of the Orbi's or that new technology?
I see no string of comment, just your first message and now two replies. Maybe you saw something elsewhere.
The R9000 does not support Mesh. But I have no idea where that suddenly came from. Perhaps another message that I haven't seen.
