Bobby,
This is JMHO only. Forget 'Link Aggregation.' I sorta understand it, but
it seems to only
be truly necessary on truly 'busy' networks. Not a private lan at home.
I will shutup to other
comments on this topic.
If the Nas does GBit on its' primary LAN plug/port, that is all you
need. Well, untilyou spend $$$ to move
to 10GigE. Not in my plans.
I suppose Greg may use this, but, I do not. I get quick response every
day from my Nas' when I xfer files,
to/from, and, I don't use LA tech on my nas' that might let me. But, I
do not do video or audio at all.
One IP addy per device works for meATM.
Then, how do you troubleshoot 2 NICS in one device? Your modem and
router deal with one IPA. Yes, your
router lets you'NAT' everything behind the router as your choose. Behind
the router, the switch builds its' tables
to get stuff from point A to point B. I'll share the I think switches
may get lazy/slow to do their business. I don't know
how to TS this other that swap another into the mix. But, you have to
wait for the new switch to build its' own tables.
Untilthen, the switch is just a new 'light-show' IMHO. Once the switch
figures out who is really linking up AND it builds
its' tables (~72 hours), all bets are off. Slow troubleshootingat best.
I replaced a pair of DELL 2716 switches for Netgear GS116NS switches
just because DELL had EOL'd my switches.
Perhaps a silly move. Maybe? My Lan is quite happy with my much cheaper
Netgear switches (2). I operate happily.
I'm into simple new tech. Again, JMHO.
BTW, nice VERY NASBOX. Great drives! Took NG ReadyNAS months to 'like'
them. Sheesh!
Like the RED series very much, when availableat reasonable prices!
Plan to upgrade my nas's w/WD RED 1TB emc drives over time. I have
learned that I just do not have that
much 'data' to store/backup/worry about. YMMV I think.
Best,
Duncan
On 02/01/2014 11:20, Bobby Heid wrote:
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
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