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Hey! Thanks for the reply, I didn't see my notifications! Cache dirs sniffs ram at best But guess my worklow is just low that it doesn't matter. In any case, thank you!

Hi everyone, I just stuck in an old motherboard which happens to have 16gb of ddr3 ram, its old, but still quite useful to use as a NAS. (if anyone from the last thread visits, its because the old motherboard's network hardware failed, and without PCIe ports, wasn't worth trying to salvage) Here's the deal... 16gb seems to be far more than unraid needs. However I don't really run any docker containers or anything like that (okay, I run one, but just to sync some critical data to backblaze), just storage, and wondering if I can make use of a lot of that ram (about 14-15gb remaining) to do something with the nas. Speed it up? Reduce some load on the hard drives? Anything to better utilize the hardware and either give me speed or longevity. Basically any advice would be appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

Thanks for all that info. I actually have an old i7 2nd gen + motherboard laying around in a box, I might just replace the entire mobo and be done with it. Ironically I actually think the NIC finally kicked the bucket last night. Either that or something else is happening since its no longer accessible to my network even after a restart.

a) thank you for the move insight, very helpful b) this is a old computer from about 12 years ago, so not my choice in NIC c) I didnt intentionally activate bonding. How do I stop?

I might give that a shot honestly. there is one PCI-e slot that I had to use for a graphics card because the mobo wouldn't boot without one, but I do have an old PCI slot in there, and if there's a gigabit card for it, might do the trick!

Just switched ports, and still see RX errors rising. Maybe the NIC is just bad? This is an old old motherboard, so no USB3.0 for a usb-based network adapter.

Attached is the 1000mbps speed diagnosis. Might be a day or 2 till I get the 100mbps one. Will reply here later. THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE. piratetrove-diagnostics-20230516-1842.zip

Frank1940: 3ft cable, unfortunately its around the electronics of the nas, and network gear. But that's about it. MAM59. Absolutely!!!! How do I go about this?

Edit. Long term, didn't help. Still switches back.

SO FAR setting it to 1000 without auto negotiation solved the issue... I can't change the NIC, its part of the motherboard. To note, this is the only device on my network with this problem. Even another NAS stays at 1000mbps.

I apparently was already plugged into a switch. This was a very cheap unmanaged one so no internal settings are exposed. However I did switch the duplex mode from auto negotiation to 1000mbps full duplex on the router. Don't know if that will be significant enough. Guess I'll know more in about a day.

Okay 3 replies, so gonna address all 3: 1) I do already have a small switch right by the router, I needed more plugs, and it is gigabit. 2) I did not know about green settings I will check the router HOWEVER 3) I will plug everything into the switch. If it does indeed help with power draw AND improve the lifetime of then router. The switch does indeed cost peanuts comparatively.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to figure out what is happening to my server and how to diagnose. I am using CAT6 cables, and new ones too. Also tried different cables including cat 5e cables. When plugging in the server (or unplug/replug) the server works at 1000mbps in full duplex. Works totally fine. At some point in a few days it reverts to 100mbps until I replug with the same cables. It is plugged in directly into my home router. Any ideas on how to diagnose / solve? Any advice would be much appreciated.