Recent content by seanmnaes

If you are using the Mac Finder to copy between the two then it is going transfer everything from the first Synology to the Mac and then to the second Synology. That plus powerline speed could pretty easily add up to 3 Mega Byte speeds. You might be better logging into the Synology web...

I went back and forth between the 1512+ and the 412+ quite a bit myself. I ended up going with the 1512+. The price difference wasn't that much, it offers a lot more expandability, and you can expand the ram to 3 gigs. That's not really what sold me on it though. What sold me was that the...

I'd use something like the Ubiquiti nanostation M5 or Loco M5 (loco = low cost). They are weather resistant and pretty easy to mount onto railing. You didn't say how far apart the two buildings are, but as long as you have a clear line of sight and they are less than a mile or so you should be...

Sounds like you caused a loop and the network melted down. The way I understood your setup is that you have the FIOS router hardwired to "extreme a" and that you had "extreme b" setup as a bridge to either the FIOS or "extreme a." Then you connected "extreme a" to "extreme b" through...

Do you have Jumbo Frames turned on? That could cause an issue with some wifi/powerline setups. -Sean