You can try disabling SMB V3/2 protocol. Just remember to restart the system after making changes. Check out my link in that thread.
I don't have Windows 11 on hand right now, so I can't check these changes myself. So treat my posts as just tips and not ready-made solutions.
At this address you have a description of changes in Windows 24H2 regarding SMB:
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You can always enable SMB1 in windows, that should solve the problems.
It wasn't that I didn't want to hear more advice. What I meant was that advice such as "reset and set everything up again" repeated every now and then does not bring anything.
I don't know how many times you have to write it for it to reach non-believers? Configuring from scratch does not change anything about the disk. I did this configuration several times, changing the software. It is a cure for many ailments, but not for the disc problem. Another piece of advice...
I have a 2TB USB3 drive and it works great. I have a LAN transfer of 198MB/s download and 145MB/s upload (on 2.5G infrastructure, of course). It's enough for home use for several people. I have FTP for this and it also works perfectly. I don't see the point in buying a QNAP NAS. I have two such...
I have the same thing with GT6000. The Seagate SSD worked fine on the previous router, but on the GT6000 it is exactly as you describe. This happens on Merlin as well as on the original software.
The test is repeatable, I get similar results almost every time. Test of my three locations:
I will only add that this coincides with my observations and the most responsive network is the first one. Speed doesn't matter here.
Now I checked by copying and then deleting the file from the USB drive. The cache value is simply not included in the graphical chart and in "System status"
Another batch of observations:
1) Improved memory management. With a USB drive connected, previously my memory usage was almost maximum, now it hovers around half.
2) An error occurred when the list of connected devices was frozen. In the first release of Alpha 1 this problem did not exist...