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    Switch & Router connections

    I have a home theater cabinet that requires 5 ethernet connections....at this location is just one ethernet jack that's hardwired back to a patch panel in the basement....here I have a Linksys E4200 and Cisco SE2800 1G switch. Only Wan and switch are connected to the router....everything else...
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    Network Speed Qusetion

    Lets say you have an unlimited bandwidth feed at 20 meg down, 1 meg up. run the feed into a 4 port switch.....what does each port then have as bandwidth and speed..... I assume that bandwidth is still unlimited so all ports have unlimited access, what happens to speed at each port? Thanks
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    Setting up Synology DS213 w/ 2 3TB drives

    How to change from SHR to separate volumes stevech: I run a 213 w/2 HD in SHR....ur separate volume approach makes more sense.....everything on Vol 1, then use Vol. 2 as ur backup + ur other external BU redundancies.....I'd like to do this can u recommend an easy and safe way to transition...
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    First NAS - share the process - good results

    slow bu to ext drive I can't speak to actual speed but I did try Data Replicator with a USB2/NTFS external drive and found it very slow.....the best solution I've found so far is Allway Sync together with windows task scheduler and my backups have been working well.
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    First NAS - share the process - good results

    Wish I could give u an opinion on 4.2 that was worth something.....this is my first NAS, I'm starting with 4.2. All seems to be working well but I'm early into the process.... OK on ur Volume strategy..understand ur reasoning, it makes good sense. Quote "Also beware NAS electronics...
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    First NAS - share the process - good results

    My First NAS: supporting 3 clients running Win7 (home use) Put together a new Synology DS213 with two 2TB WD Red Drives WD20EFRX Installed DSM 4.2.... Setup the 2 drives in Raid 1 (outcome single Volume - 1.79TB) created 3 new shared folders in Vol 1: documents - music - photo setup 2...
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    DS413: 50 M/s write from PC, but < 1 M read.

    I just installed a new DS213 with two 2TB reds......can u share with me how you are measuring the read/write speeds? Thanks
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    e xt4 vs ntfs

    Ur right however this issue I should have known before the post.....the DS213 is a Linux based system.....ntfs is not a choice.... I'll keep ur suggestion in mind next time. Actually problem is mine....need to think a little more before jumping to post!
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    Network data monitoring

    No idea about dr4500 but I'm sure u can check the list of compatible routers - google Tomato Firmware. I know the Shibby version of Tomato was what worked with my E4200. good luck!
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    Network data monitoring

    Bandwidth Monitor I'm a little late to this thread but my solution was to change the firmware in my E4200 and use "Tomato by Shibby 1.28" a google ill easily find it. This firmware using snmp, offers a very good reporting environment for the bandwidth u use. I've had it up and running for...
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    e xt4 vs ntfs

    Found the answer!
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    New DS213 HD setup

    ...thanks for the help!
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    FreeNAS NTFS Mount Problem

    Using FreeNAS 0.69....setup has been all OK except for trying to mount a 300G Maxtor sata drive formatted NTFS with 250G of data already installed. Management sees it OK and ONLINE Services/CSFS sees it and shows it as browseable Mount Point is my Problem - File System is set to NTFS but no...
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