Hi everyone,

I'm new to unRAID and experiencing an issue with slow transfer speeds from my PC to my unRAID server. I just set everything up in the past couple of days and I'm transferring my media over to the server and getting speeds of 10mb/s (wired). While looking for solutions I've been reading that I should be able to get speeds over 30mb/s.

 

Hardware:

mobo: Intel D975XBX2  http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15065/eng/D975XBX2_TechProdSpec.pdf

processor: Intel P4 3.0 630

drives: 3x Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003

RAM: 4x kvr667d2n5/1g

 

Running ver. 4.7

 

Any ideas on how to improve this?

syslog.txt

Your LAN connection is at 100Mb/s.  Theoretical MAX at that LAN speed is between 10 and 12 MB/s.

Mar 30 01:22:06 Tower kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Non

 

Either your PC, or your router, or cabling is limiting your network speed.    The speed is negotiated based on the hardware involved.

 

Until you can see a 1000Mb/s connection, you are limited by your LAN speed.   

 

Joe L.

Thanks Joe! Didn't even think of that...just checked out my router and it's only capable of 10/100M.

 

I'm guessing the only way around this is to buy another router with 10/100/1000M ports? Would you be able to recommend a cost effective one?

Thanks Joe! Didn't even think of that...just checked out my router and it's only capable of 10/100M.

 

I'm guessing the only way around this is to buy another router with 10/100/1000M ports? Would you be able to recommend a cost effective one?

Easiest is to keep your existing router and add a 1000Mb/s switch.  You can usually find a 5 port switch on sale for under $30.  And occasionally, an 8 port one for near that.

 

http://www.buy.com/prod/trendnet-teg-s50g-5-port-gigabit-greennet-switch/210680813.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166057

this looks good with a metal case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166061

or an 8 port version

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166062

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320090

 

Then, one low speed connection between the existing router and the new switch, and high speed connections from the new switch to everything capable of high speed on your LAN.  (For all I know, your PC might only have a 100Mb/s NIC.)

 

That is exactly as I have both my LANs set up here at my house.  My routers are only 100Mb/s.  My switches are mostly all 1000Mb/s.    (I have more devices on my LAN than most people ever will, and some are only 100Mb/s devices, so it is fine if I use the older  low speed switch in one of my equipment closets for those. )

I checked the specs of my PC's mobo (M4A88T-M) which has the Realtek 8111E chipset so it has a max speed of 1000mb/s.

Looks like I'm gonna grab myself a switch. Thanks for the help!