@glens I would agree. All things considered, the XT8 has served me quite well. I started this thread because I thought I was doing something wrong, but it sounds like I'm squeezing out about as much as could be expected and the Asus is performing admirably. I get rock solid signal from one end...
Thanks, everyone. Sounds like I'm already squeezing everything I can out of the setup. Given that I rarely have more than one machine hitting the NAS at once, the link aggregation likely isn't doing much.
@bbunge I didn't specifically set Jumbo Frames to be on, but I do have a manually set MTU...
Thanks for the speedy reply!
Fair point on the speed test and good to know re: PHY rate vs throughput.
As for link aggregation, that's very helpful. Now that I've dug into it a bit more, I think I was not quite understanding how it works... or at least the benefits it provides. I guess I...
Hey there, I’ve been tinkering with my home set up for awhile now and while I’m very happy with the results and don’t have much to complain about, I feel like I’m not quite getting the speeds I should be and would love some outside opinion.
The basic setup is a Bell Giga Hub modem/router...