Hi everybody.
I recently reinstalled Truenas Core on my HP Proliant Microserver G7.
My NAS is connected to my wifi home network via Ethernet to a Zyxel repeater so that I can install it on my desk and not close my router.
It works well, but the I/O speed is not ideal.
My network, identified as bge0 lists as:
Is this the best I can have? can I replace it with a better/faster one?
Thanks.
That interface is capable of Gigabit speed. Check cabling and the device it is connected to.
One cause could be that you are using a cable with only 4 wires. Gigabit needs all 8.
I see.
I am getting slightly less than 12 MiB/s with a cat 5E cable that “appears” to use all 8 wires. Is that what is is expected?
If necessary I’ll buy a new cable, a cat 7 I guess.
100baseTX means the card and the switch (?) on the other end negotiated 100 Mbit/s instead of the expected 1000 Mbit/s.
But possibly you only have a 100 Mbit/s switch?
Anyway the card can run 10 times as fast as it currently does.
Cat 5e is fine for Gigabit, but maybe the cable is faulty.
Inn order to make the NAS available on my wifi network I connected the NAS to a Zyxel WRE6605 with an Ethernet cable. I see on the specs that the Zyxel Wre6505 V2 is capable of 10, 100 Mbit/s and that is probably the problem.
I could just connect the NAS directly to my router with a good cable and see if things improve.
The router is ok.
The wifi repeater is 10-100 Mbps and that could be the bottleneck.
I replaced it with a Tp-link capable of 300 Mbps, but I guess that in order to have the best setup I’m supposed to have a gigabit extender and a good cable (which I am currently using).
Before spending money in a new (it would be my third) repeater, I think I’ll connect the NAS directly to the router (the one from my ISP) and it should definitely go faster. If not… I’m stuck 
I did it. Connected with a cable CAT5E directly to the router I just got 61,8 MB/s .
I also double che copying a 5,43 Gb file and it took 1’ 30" that confirms it.
That is far better than 12 I was getting before.
Now I’m afraid I’ll have to get a repeater that can match that, before my wife sees the NAS where it’s not supposed to be…
Run a cable, maybe?
Comon IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n is capable of 450 Mbit/s maximum. Only IEEE 802.11ac (“WiFi 5”) and later support gigabit speeds. Theoretically.
Check your main WiFi router’s data sheets and probably run tests with a new repeater while you can still return it (i.e. buy mail order with the option to return).
Kind regards,
Patrick
Thanks Patrick!
