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ReadyNAS 102 access from Mac slow
I have a ReadyNAS 102 that is connected to my Cisco gigabit network switch using CAT6 cable. I can access the shares rather quickly from any one of several PC machines on the same switch, but am find...
dieman_one wrote:
This thread mentions that firmware 6.8.x makes it possible to optimize ReadyNAS for access from Apple Macs.
Go to system->settings->services in the web ui. Click on SMB and you will see "enhance MacOS". Check that box.
I did check the box "enhance MacOS".
It helped a little, but still my access from mac is extremely slow.
WRITE: 0.8 MB/s, READ 1.1 MB/s
access from iphone is fine.
Please help me.
Can you try creating an empty test share, and measure the performance to it? That would help us understand if the number of files/folders is a factor in your poor performance.
If ipv6 is enabled on your NAS (and you use ipv4 in the router), try disabling ipv6 on the NAS network settings page.
If readycloud is installed on the mac, perhaps try disabling it - just on the off-chance that it is routing your transfer through the cloud server.
Also, you might want to test with both AFP and SMB. You might also want to make sure SMB3 transport encryption is disabled on the NAS (look in the advanced SMB settings for the share), and perhaps also test with SMB signing disabled on the Mac. Some NAS support hardware encryption, but the RN104 isn't one of them.
At our company we have the same problem with the ReadyNAS 3138.
We have 6 iMacs connected to NAS and several times per day the connection freezes and every iMac user has then simultaneously the connection problem. When this problem occurs the administrator does not see any overload indications in the readout of the NAS and he also can browse all the files without lag problems. He is connected with a Windows PC.We've tried the SMB and AFP protocol. On both protocols we see the communication problem on the iMacs.
The NAS is connected through ethernet Cat6 cable and the distribution of the data is managed by a Netgear M4100 switch. All iMac workstations are connected via ethernet Cat5e or Cat6 cables.
One iMac runs on MacOS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, 4 iMacs run on MacOS 10.10.5 Yosemite an one iMac runs on MacOS 10.13.1 High Sierra.
The NAS runs on the latest firmware.
Please help!
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