Want to setup what I think is a NAS*HELP*

**Detale** · 03-09-2010, 04:55 AM

A little better with the giga card in there,
into

I feel like it should be higher though. I'm going to loook into it

**Cabalo** · 03-09-2010, 05:29 AM

It should be way higher, if all the network is using gigabit ports.
Cabling might be the issue. You should use cat6 cabling.

**Artemis** · 03-09-2010, 07:36 AM

That throughput looks low, actually very low, now I'm going to ask you the obvious question , are you using Cat5e or Cat6 leads ? That is the first point also if your router supports data reporting check on the actual throughput on the router.

**Pozarynicoeta** · 03-09-2010, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Artemis

That throughput looks low, actually very low, now I'm going to ask you the obvious question , are you using Cat5e or Cat6 leads ? That is the first point also if your router supports data reporting check on the actual throughput on the router.

What's the difference?

**Artemis** · 03-09-2010, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Pozarynicoeta

Originally Posted by Artemis

That throughput looks low, actually very low, now I'm going to ask you the obvious question , are you using Cat5e or Cat6 leads ? That is the first point also if your router supports data reporting check on the actual throughput on the router.

What's the difference?

Cat6 has a higher theoretical bandwidth and less cross-talk. Simply put, the more machines on the network segment, the more the need for Cat6 to prevent signal degradation. In a SOHO environment Cat5e is the better option because it is cheaper to purchase.

**Detale** · 03-10-2010, 01:45 AM

I think one cable is cat5e and the other cat6. I'll have to check though. The switch I have between the nas and my computer is this one here

My router

my mobo (still using the HTPC for now)

All components are gigabit. I'll check my cables in a bit

**Cabalo** · 03-10-2010, 01:47 AM

Is the router Gigabit? Which model is it? (sorry if you said this before, but I didn't read the whole thread.)

**Detale** · 03-10-2010, 03:05 AM

1 post above yours bud. Link and everything.

I just noticed on my switch that the lead coming from the server is orange while the others are green. If im not mistaken green is GB and orange is 100 Mbs so I have some inspecting to do. More details soon.

The 1000 GB LED is on on my new network card in the server but it is orange on the switch. I'm a bit confused. I have to look up where I bought the cable as there are no markings on it.

Edit: So I went to the Egg to look up some specs on the NIC and I found an interesting review

Bought this NIC for a FreeNAS server (FreeBSD). The NIC was recognized but would not run at 1000Mbps speeds - FreeBSD driver doesn't fully support this chipset. Tried installing it in a Linux Ubuntu box just to see if it would work; it did. However the machine would either lock up or lose network connectivity at least once an hour.

Glad I got it for $20 locally so I'm not too pissed. I will however need a new card can anyone suggest a decent one like? I'm looking at this one or maybe this one. The 2nd one is 64 bit if that makes a difference. Opinions?

**Cabalo** · 03-10-2010, 05:13 AM

Google a little and try to find if freeBSD is compatible with such chips.
Or maybe opposite, find which chips are freebsd compatible, and then look for cards with them.
Sucks to have happened that way. *nix drivers always sucked.

**Detale** · 03-11-2010, 02:04 AM

Meh, I'm getting a headache. I got an Intel card locally that is supposed to be compatible then installed it and realized the orange light I was looking at was supposed to be there! It is from my WDTV Live which is not GB so my switch was seeing the Freenas box as GB after all. I restarted Freenas and had to reconfigure it all again (is there a way to save the config so when I restart it I don't have to re-config all over again?) Then my speeds were dead slow. i tried it in the 66mhz slot and here are the new speeds, needless to say they are about the same

Can anyone think of what I am doing wrong?

On another note What is this bay for on my server
By all means ignore the RED arrow I stole this pic from somewhere