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Hello all,
I am a new DNS 323 owner and home networking newb.
I have my DNS-323 configured in RAID 1 and use it to back up my work hard drive via a wireless 802.11b/g home network setup.
The DNS is plugged into a 100 mbps port in the back of the internet router.
I run a XP pro laptop
My partner a vista laptop
I would ideally like to backup 150 - 300 gig of data overnight but the speeds I am getting are very slow, about .5 - 1.5 Meg per sec.
The files are a mixed bag of small and large files.
The network utilization graph in Task Manager never gets above %35 of the 54Mbps during a copy.
I get similar rates for XP - Vista laptop copy and Vista - DNS-323 copy.
I have set the DNS-323 to have a static IP
I have the firewall on my PC currently disabled during these tests.
Are there any tips for optimising my setup?
Jumbo Frames maybe? (I don't know what that is)
I have never cracked 2 Mbps, even with a single file. Is this normal?
Any help/tips/suggestions much appreaciated.
Thank you
Aaron
My specs:
DNS-323 FW 1.05
2 x Samsung HD501LJ 500GB in RAID 1
NIC: Intel - 4965AGN 802.11a/b/g/Draft
Wireless 802.11b/g
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2MBps (megabytes per second) = 16Mbps (megabits per second). That's in the ballpark of wireless G. 54Mbps is only a theoretical figure.
Use a wired connection. You should then be able to saturate your 100Mbps connection, which is 12MBps.
No, jumbo frames won't help.
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It is difficult to get wireless "G" to run consistently and sustainably above the speeds you are seeing. Add to that the fact that the SMB protocol Microsoft uses for its file sharing is very "chatty" and degrades throughput, you're facing an uphill battle doing large volume data movement over wireless. FTP can improve the speeds, but not by a lot.
I rely on WIRED connections for doing backups to the DNS-323 and can achieve speeds approaching a gigabyte a minute under optimum conditions using gigabit ethernet (i.e. transferring a small number of very large files). Throughput drops off dramatically when transferring lots of small files.
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OK, thank you very much for the info. (particularly for clarifying the Mbps/MBps difference)
I have now rearranged my set up and hard wired my laptop to the router and am getting much improved speeds.
Averaging about 9.5 MBps and %95 network utilization.
This has made the DNS-323 a viable backup solution.
A darn good thing because that's why I bought it!!
Thank you again.
I am having problems now getting access to it from the Vista laptop. It seems to regularly crash explorer when I try to browse it. But that problem really deserves a thread to itself (after I search the forum for a solution myself of course)
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Don't browse for it. Map directly to it using it's IP address and the "Connect using a different user name" feature. You probably don't have the necessary servers on your network to connect reliably via the host name, and the Windows network browser has had flaws in it since -- forever.
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