Configuring the two LANs

Bemele,

In this scenario I would suspect that your router is not capable of 1Gbps, as where the NAS itself is. The catch is that even though your ReadyNAS may be capable of 1Gbps; if it is going through a connection that will only handle 100Mbps, that's what the link will negotiate.

The solution would be to have a router capable of 1Gbps. If your router is capable of that speed, it may be a setting in the router that you are missing.

readysecure1985 wrote:
Bemele, In this scenario I would suspect that your router is not capable of 1Gbps, as where the NAS itself is. The catch is that even though your ReadyNAS may be capable of 1Gbps; if it is going through a connection that will only handle 100Mbps, that's what the link will negotiate. The solution would be to have a router capable of 1Gbps.

If your router is supplied by your ISP, you can work around the problem by getting a gigabit switch. Connect all your ethernet devices to the switch (including your existing router). You will then get gigabit performance on your wired network.

I have a Netgear WNR2000 router with only 100MB/s. However, I have a Netgear GS108 gigabit switch. All my wired PCs and my NAS devices are connected to the switch and my two wired printers are connected to the router. Thus I gigabit connection between my wired PCs and my NAS units, but only a fast ethernet connection to everything else. BTW - a switch is less expensive than a new router.

Thanks for the replies, but I think that you don't understand me.

I only have one PC and the NAS which are joined to 1Gbps for fast file transfers. In this scenario I get fast file transfers without aditional hardware.
Because the PC has another LAN I want get internet access to 100Mbps (which it's enough). In this scenario the data are sent through the router to the NAS.

I think that the problem can be the configuration with routing tables. Any suggestions?

You need to explicitly access the NAS via the 192.168.2.250 address to force the GbE connection to be used - it's likely that name resolution is causing the 100Mbps link to be used via the router

Though investing in a Gb Switch would be the better option as already suggested

If you have two NICs in your PC, you can try disconnecting the ethernet cable from the NAS to the router and then bridge the two NICs in the PC. Note: if you are on a laptop, and one NIC is a physical ethernet and the other is a wireless, the PC will select one but not the other. Generally it will favor the wireless.

Of course the PC must then be on for the NAS to reach the internet. As stated, the gigabit switch is the easiest method to do this. While a gigabit switch can be purchased from Newegg for as little as $25 (Rosewill, free shipping), I would go with the Netgear GS105 for $30 after a $10 MIR. I experienced some incompatibility between my NVX and my first gigabit switch (not Netgear) in which I could copy to the NAS but copying from had a transfer speed of less than 1KB/s! My Netgear GS108 works flawslessly.

I agree the gigabit switch is cheap enough, and that it really is the simplest solution.

Sphardy's approach is probably the best way to handle the current config - use the explicit IP address for the appropriate interface to make sure the right path is used.

Hello guys!

No, I don't want to waste money in a Gb switch, nor put more wires, nor pay more electricity bill. That I want to do is factible to doing in windows. I have found the solution for this issue. You have to read more about networking:

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/163502-redirect-network-traffic-over-a-specific-interface/

Thanks all of you.

well that certainly looks easier than using the IP address of the NAS - thanks for the lecture

Good job on finding an alternative solution Bemere.

Thank you for posting the link as well, something to add to the arsenal of links to provide to simplify explanations.