Hi Duncan, I have a Synology DS412+ NAS with 2-3TB WD Red drives in it. I do not use it as a DHCP server. I have the two NICs in the NAS set to a particular IP address. I was not sure if it would use both NICs without link aggregation and it seems to only actively use the one Nic for I/O. But it does show the other as active. I do enable the windows file service on the NAS, but not WINS. I also let it send email alerts, but it has only sent a couple of emails.
I will be watching to see if this happens again. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 10:52 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue Thanks Bobby, What NAS do you use? I use 4. Just wondering............. :) Over the past 4yrs, I have learned to never let a Nas run a DHCP server (router only when necessary), never let a NAS run a WINS server, pay close attention to letting your Nas send you 'alerts' vial email. Any/all of these can/will screw up your LAN (confuse your router!). My Nas units operate 'dumb' on my LAN. Just a thought. Duncan On 02/01/2014 09:46, Bobby Heid wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. I had pretty much tried most of the stuff below > in various ways. What was the last holdout was my NAS box. I would ping it > and I would get 2 host unreachable and 2 of some other message, which was > weird. So I got up the nerve to press and hold the button down on the NAS > (have not had it long) and thankfully, it spun up and blinked for a bit > while it shutdown. I then powered the NAS back up and then I could see it > fine on the network again. > > So, for the moment, all is well. > > Thanks again, > Bobby > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:18 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue > > I agree. Could be the nat table filling up on the router, could be the > router just > eating it.... I'd either buy a new router or try to isolate more. > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 03:45:49PM -0700, Jamie Furtner wrote: >> You need to isolate all the various components and see which one could >> be the cause. I haven't seen a switch just being plugged in cause this >> kind of issue directly, but it could be indicative of a router that >> can't handle the load - I have seen consumer routers lock up when >> multiple PCs send or receive a lot of traffic (like downloading large >> files or especially BitTorrent traffic). >> >> I don't know what you've done, but here's how I'd start: Can you ping >> other devices on your internal network? Try with both devices attached >> to the switch, both plugged in directly to the router, and one plugged >> into the switch and one plugged into the router. Are you sure it's the >> switch that's the cause and not the router or modem? If you unplug >> everything from the router and plug in just a PC, can you ping the >> router internal IP, and out to the internet? Can you plug in a PC >> directly into the modem and see if that works (if it's an integrated >> router / modem then it's not possible obviously)? >> >> Jamie >> >> On 2014-01-30 3:15 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: >>> Well, I did reset the modem the other night and I get the same behavior. >>> Any other ideas? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >>> [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby > Heid >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:59 PM >>> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >>> Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue >>> >>> Thanks Duncan. I will try that if I have not heard of anything that is > less >>> work. :-) >>> >>> Bobby >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >>> [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:13 PM >>> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >>> Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue >>> >>> Have you done a 'factory reset' of the router? >>> I agree this is a PITA, but It can fix stuff. >>> Not sure how a switchcan cause trouble unless it is >>> now broken. I'll watchNlearn.................... :) >>> Duncan >>> >>> On 01/27/2014 20:02, Bobby Heid wrote: >>>> Forgot to tell you that this happens even if the pc is directly > connected >>> to >>>> the router. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >>>> [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby > Heid >>>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:50 PM >>>> To: 'The Hardware List' >>>> Subject: [H] Router/switch issue >>>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a Linksys E4200 router and a Trendnet 8-port gigabit switch. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A month or two ago, I could not get to the internet. Through trial and >>>> error, I determined that when the switch was connected to the router, I >>>> could not access the internet. SO I ordered me a new switch. AL has > been >>>> fine until today. My wife told that in the middle of the day today, > all >>> of >>>> a sudden she could not access the internet or the networked printer. >>> After >>>> switching out cables and all, I finally figured out that the new switch > is >>>> doing the same thing as the other switch did. The old switch is about > a >>>> year old. The router is a couple of years old. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I am beginning to wonder if it might be the router that is causing the >>>> issue. What do you all think? Any ideas on how to test everything to >>> find >>>> out what is causing the problem? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Bobby >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Jamie Furtner <ja...@furtner.ca>
