Hi guys,

 

I used to be getting 100+ MB/s with my current SSD cache drive and setup. I am now obviously getting nowhere near that. My guess is that it is the routers fault for some reason (even though I am using the latest cabling standards, CAT 6a) since I just switched off my airport extreme after coming home from college.

 

I have already had my personal computer and the unraid server plugged into the same router (provided by ATT) and it does not increase the speed at all as opposed to WIFI. I used to have my system running off my airport extreme when I was getting the 100+ MB/s speeds.

 

I also switched the sata cable from my mobo to my cache and it did not have any effect. So is it purely the router that is slowing down my transfers?

 

Anyway to improve the performance other than running a secondary network off of the primary network with my airport extreme?

 

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Update - Actually Im only getting 2-3 MB/s which is nearer to my ISP speeds (~2MB/s) Could the router provided by ATT being throttling my transfer speeds all the way down?

The AT&T router has 100Mbps ports. You should be getting 10-11MBps. Get a gigabit switch to connect the server, client, and router.

Thanks for the reply!

 

So that will circumvent the router all together? The connection will go straight from the client to the switch to the server if both the client and server are connected directly to the switch?

Thanks for the reply!

 

So that will circumvent the router all together? The connection will go straight from the client to the switch to the server if both the client and server are connected directly to the switch?

 

Yes, as long as both are hard-wired to the switch, the data will pass at Gb speeds.  It doesn't entirely "circumvent the router" -- it's still your DHCP server;  but it won't be involved in data transfers.

 

... actually it's not quite true to say the router "... won't be involved in data transfers ..."  ==> it won't be involved in data transfers between clients connected to the switch;  but if anything's plugged into the router, then of course it will pass through the router (and be limited to 100Mb/s);  and any wireless clients will also go through the router (but of course these will be limited to WiFi speeds anyway, so the whole 100Mb vs 1000Mb issue is moot.

 

Thank you guys for the replies and the clarifications. I appreciate your help.

 

I looked into buying a switch, but then I realized my Airport Extreme has a bridge mode where it acts much like a switch.

I am now getting ~50MBps through wireless which is enough to satisfy my needs.

 

Thanks!

+1 For the AirPort Extreme. Best router on the market in my opinion. Only thing that would top it would be a custom built pfSense box.