Connect the NAS to Switch or Router

[Anders]

It might be a noob question, but is it better to connect you PC/MAC and NAS to the router or your switch - or is it same/same

Best regards

Anders.

 

[RMerlin]

Pretty much the same. The performance hit on a single cascaded switch will be negligible.

 

[canuckle]

Should he the same depending on your use. Does your nas have one LAN or 2? I use link aggregation so mine is on my switch.


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[CaptainSTX]

I would connect all devices that access the NAS and the NAS all to the same connection point be it either the switch or the router.

If you don't have enough ports then take the less intense users and connect them to a free port on the other device.

 

[Anders]

Well actually Im running Link Agg, but my Router nor my Switch is supporting the system - so the only thing it does for now, is to make sure that if one connection is lost, the other one will take over.

Though I did read about making the ASUS RT-AC66U ready for Link Agg (IEE 802.3ad ready) with a script, but Im not sure if its worth it? (Not even sure how to do it

Will It do anything for my speed? Im wired by one cable to my switch with my IMAC, and my NAS is wired with two cables to my router.

Br

Anders

 

[coxhaus]

I would only use one Ethernet wire if the switch or router does not support linkag or teaming NICs.

 

[Anders]

Why? Is the performance better?

 

[coxhaus]

Performance is not my reason but I have seen 2 Ethernet connections not supported correctly run slower than one Ethernet. I have seen problems where dual homing causing issues which were hard to detect.

I would try just one Ethernet and see how it runs. You may not notice a difference. I think it is just safer until it is supported on the back side.

Or just buy a switch which supports teaming NICs and use it.

 

[Anders]

Well, will this make any difference If the NIC in my IMAC is not supporting LACP?

As I understand it there has to be two wired connections from the NAS to the switch (supporting LACP), and then two wired connections from the Switch to your PC/IMAC, fx. a PC with two NICS (This last thing Im not sure of?)

Br

Anders

 

[coxhaus]

Other machines accessing your Teaming NIC NAS are not required to also Team NICs. The NAS and PCs are independent of each other. Teaming NICs only increases bandwidth for the device. The more Ethernet connections you add the more bandwidth is available. 2 Ethernet wires have more bandwidth than 1 Ethernet wire as 3 Ethernet wires have more bandwidth than 2 wires and 4 Ethernet wires have more bandwidth than 3 wires. I have never seen teaming NICs over 4 Ethernet wires.

So just buy a switch which supports Teaming NICs for your NAS and don’t worry about your PC or MAC not having Teaming NICs.

 

[KAD]

The Whole reason I posted this
Working Link Aggregation on RT-AC66U

was so that people are not forced to buy a switch
switches that support Link Agg can get expensive very quickly
currently the cheapest one sold by Newegg is $99

also starting with Asuswrt-Merlin 3.0.0.4.374.33
bonding.ko is now included in firmware

true I only posted 1 example script, but it would be the most common usage
so most people will just copy past the script


some other thoughts on above post
I agree that if Link Agg is not supported on both ends of the link, it's better to disable it, and use a single cable